The new biology of spongiform encephalopathy: infectious amyloidoses with a genetic twist

Lancet. 1991 Apr 27;337(8748):1019-22. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)92670-w.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Amyloidosis / etiology
  • Amyloidosis / genetics*
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
  • Codon / genetics
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / genetics
  • Genes, Dominant / genetics
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mutation / genetics
  • PrPSc Proteins
  • Slow Virus Diseases / etiology
  • Slow Virus Diseases / genetics*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Codon
  • PrPSc Proteins
  • Viral Proteins