Does an ultra violet photooxidation of the manganese-loaded/copper-depleted prion protein in the retina initiate the pathogenesis of TSE?
- 31 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Medical Hypotheses
- Vol. 57 (1), 29-45
- https://doi.org/10.1054/mehy.2001.1305
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