A comparative study of age-dependent susceptibility to the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
Peyer’s patches (PPs), part of the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT), may represent a portal of entry for orally transmitted prions and appear to be the most likely sites of prion accumulation in the gastrointestinal tract. The main aim of this project was to determine whether the observed age-s...
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University of Edinburgh
2007
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662340 |