RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Kuru and mad cow disease: Understanding the prion theory
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 291
OP 296
VO 65
IS 6
A2 Wilke, William S.
A1 Olds, G. Richard
YR 1998
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/6/291.abstract
AB A preponderance of evidence indicates that several neurodegenerative disorders are caused by prions: abnormally folded proteins that can induce abnormal folding in other normal protein molecules. Further, these "infections" can cross some species barriers.