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Distinction of scrapie phenotypes in sheep by lesion profiling.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Jul 2002
Ligios C, Jeffrey M, Ryder S J, Bellworthy S J, Simmons M M
Abstract excerpt
Major determinants of the pathological phenotype of natural scrapie are considered to be the agent strain and host prion protein (PrP) genotype, but the relationship between these is far from clear. Little is known about the strains that produce natural scrapie. A method of brain vacuolation profiling was developed which enables this aspect of disease phenotype to be characterized in detail. This method...
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