title: Fantasy of a "virus" from the inorganic world: pathogenesis of cerebral amyloidoses by polymer nucleating agents and/or "viruses".
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gajdusek
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000276:immunology; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012897:Slow Virus Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D001323:Autoantibodies; D046911:Macromolecular Substances