Mechanisms of phenotypic heterogeneity in prion, Alzheimer and other conformational diseases.
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Pierluigi Gambettia, Piero Parchib, Sabina Capellarib, Claudio Russoc, Massimo Tabatonc, Jan K. Tellerd and Shu G. Chena Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Bologna, 40123 Bologna, Italy Institute of Neurology, University of Genoa, 16132 Genova, Italy Department of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
دوره 3 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001