Mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - Is there a link?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-234

  Rist, Ch E ^a   Nielsen, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029760216     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609027162     Document Type: Short Survey

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