Analyses of prion protein deposits in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease contribute to the controversy over the nature of the transmissible agent (pages 521–525).
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Chesebro, B. Human TSE disease — viral or protein only?. Nat Med 3, 491–492 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0597-491
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