Prionic diseases

Prion diseases are neurodegenerative illnesses due to the accumulation of small infectious pathogens containing protein but apparently lacking nucleic acid, which have long incubation periods and progress inexorably once clinical symptoms appear. Prions are uniquely resistant to a number of normal d...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abelardo Q-C Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2013-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013001000731&lng=en&tlng=en
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!