Diagnosis of prion diseases

Clin Lab Med. 2003 Mar;23(1):109-28, viii. doi: 10.1016/s0272-2712(02)00043-4.

Abstract

This article reviews the various techniques and methodologies for the recognition and diagnosis of clinical and neuropathologic variants of human prion diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cricetinae
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Humans
  • PrPSc Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • PrPSc Proteins / pathogenicity
  • Prion Diseases / pathology*
  • Prion Diseases / physiopathology
  • Prion Diseases / transmission

Substances

  • PrPSc Proteins