title: Transmissible and nontransmissible dementias: distinction between primary cause and pathogenetic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease and aging.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Gajdusek
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans