Abstract |
The authors suggest an unsophisticated approach to laboratory diagnosis of spongiform encephalopathies induced by unconventional prion viruses, consisting in electron microscopic detection of abnormal helical Scrapie-associated fibrils. These fibrils are detectable in human and animal brain tissue samples and in cell cultures.
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Authors | N N Poleshchuk, S P Kapitulets, Iu G Il'kevich, Z B Kvacheva |
Journal | Laboratornoe delo
(Lab Delo)
Issue 4
Pg. 42-4
( 1991)
ISSN: 0023-6748 [Print] Russia (Federation) |
Vernacular Title | Ispol'zovanie élektronnoĭ mikroskopii dlia diagnostiki spongioformnykh éntsefalopatiĭ. |
PMID | 1715430
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Brain
(ultrastructure)
- Brain Diseases
(microbiology, pathology)
- Guinea Pigs
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Microscopy, Electron
- Prions
- Virus Diseases
(microbiology, pathology)
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