Invasive procedures in Parkinson's disease: Let's be aware we are dealing with prion-like proteins

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 200-201

  Cersosimo, Maria Graciela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Biopsies; Parkinson's disease; Prion like; Prions; Transmissible

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; OLIGOMER; PRION LIKE PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGGREGATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PRION;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; APPENDECTOMY; AUTOPSY; BETA SHEET; CORPUS STRIATUM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM; TRANSMISSION;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 84926422004     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.02.033     Document Type: Letter

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