Multiorgan Detection and Characterization of Protease-Resistant Prion Protein in a Case of Variant CJD Examined in the United States

BACKGROUND: Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) is a prion disease thought to be acquired by the consumption of prion-contaminated beef products. To date, over 200 cases have been identified around the world, but mainly in the United Kingdom. Three cases have been identified in the United State...

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Autores principales: Notari, Silvio, Moleres, Francisco J., Hunter, Stephen B., Belay, Ermias D., Schonberger, Lawrence B., Cali, Ignazio, Parchi, Piero, Shieh, Wun-Ju, Brown, Paul, Zaki, Sherif, Zou, Wen-Quan, Gambetti, Pierluigi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20098730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008765

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20098730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008765

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