Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the elderly

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 863, 1997, Pages 557-559

  De Silva, Rajith ^a,c   Findlay, Christopher ^b   Awad, Ibrahim ^b   Harries Jones, Richard ^a   Knight, Richard ^a   Will, Robert ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pontefract General Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creutzfelt Jakob disease; Elderly; Prions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0030796285     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.73.863.557     Document Type: Article

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