Creutzfeldt-jakob disease transmitted by dura mater graft

European Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-240

  Clavel, Manuel ^a   Clavel, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DURA MATER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGIOMA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029995499     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000117260     Document Type: Article

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