Re-assessment of PrP(Sc) distribution in sporadic and variant CJD.
Human prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative disorders associated with an accumulation of PrP(Sc) in the central nervous system (CNS). Of the human prion diseases, sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), which has no known origin, is the most common form while variant CJD (vCJD) is an acquire...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3700981?pdf=render |