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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Main Author: St. Rose, Suzanne Gail
Published: University of Edinburgh 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662340