Abstract
The history of the research of the prion disease is consolidated in 50 years after the Japanese neurology association starts. It was proven that it was an infectious disease from kuru that was a local disease of New Guinea, explained how CJD, the scariest disease for a neurologist, had come to be called a prion disease, and even a newly emerging prion disease referred in the future.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 936-938 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Clinical Neurology |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- BSE
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Kuru
- Prion
- SAF
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology