title: [Prion diseases at the present stage and the investigations conducted at the M. P. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences].
abstract: The review deals with the basic characteristics of prion diseases of man and animals. It details the studies of some little known aspects of the pathogenesis of prion diseases and their lifetime diagnosis, conducted at the M. P. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitides, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, in the past decades.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Roĭkhel'
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pogodina
authors.forename: V Ia
authors.initials: VIa
authors.lastname: Karmysheva
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Fokina
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Sobolev
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Kondakova
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Zavalishin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001119:Arginase / Q000378:metabolism; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D017096:Prion Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D011328:Prions / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011328:Prions; D001119:Arginase