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Diagnosing prion diseases: needs, challenges and hopes

Claudio Soto1

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0646, USA. clsoto@utmb.edu

Nature Reviews. Microbiology
|September 21, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Prion diseases are caused by infectious proteins called prions that lack nucleic acid. This review covers current and emerging diagnostic techniques for sensitive, early detection of these challenging neurodegenerative diseases.

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