Evaluation of Confocal Fluorescence Spectroscopy for the Detection of Pathological Prion Proteins
Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are characterized by the accumulation in the brain of PrPSc, an abnormal isoform of the host-encoded glycoprotein PrPC. PrPSc is a reliable marker for the post mortem diagnosis of TSEs but its use as a marker for a pre-clin...
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Swiss Chemical Society
2005-05-01
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Series: | CHIMIA |
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Online Access: | https://chimia.ch/chimia/article/view/3981 |