Prion Diseases and the Gastrointestinal Tract
The gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a central role in the pathogenesis of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. These are human and animal diseases that include bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. They are uniformly fatal neurological diseases, which are c...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2006-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/184528 |