Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in an Iranian: The first clinico-pathologically described case

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-29

  Masullo, C ^a   Brown, P W ^b   Macchi, G ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Iran; Panencephalopathic type; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRAN; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRIONS;

EID: 0030053346     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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