A patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after treatment with human growth hormone;EEN PATIENT MET DE ZIEKTE VAN CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB NA BEHANDELING MET HUMAAN GROEIHORMOON

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 140, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 1190-1193

  Roos, R A C ^a   Wintzen, A R ^a   Will, R G ^b   Ironside, J W ^b   Van Duinen, S G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRION DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PRION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; PRIONS;

EID: 0030163220     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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