Neurodegenerative Diseases and Prions
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- 17 May 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 344 (20), 1516-1526
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200105173442006
Abstract
Twenty-five years ago, little was known about the causes of neurodegenerative diseases. Now, however, it is clear that they result from abnormalities in the processing of proteins. In each of these diseases, defective processing causes the accumulation of one or more specific neuronal proteins.Keywords
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