Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 6 , Pages 608-616 , June 2001

A biochemical theory to explain the cause of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other encephalopathies

Received 20 July 2000 ,Accepted 15 December 2000.

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doi: 10.1054/mehy.2000.1282

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 56, Issue 6 , Pages 608-616 , June 2001