Variation on a theme of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Implications of new cases with a young age at onset

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2895-2904

  Ridley, R M ^a   Baker, H F ^a  

^a Department Experimental Psychology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; KURU; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0030481711     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-12-2895     Document Type: Review

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