Retrospective neuropathological review of prion disease in UK haemophilic patients

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 909-911

  Lee, Christine A ^a   Ironside, James W ^b   Bell, Jeanne E ^b   Giangrande, Paul ^c   Ludlam, Christopher ^d   Esiri, Margaret M ^e   McLaughlin, James E ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b National CJD Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c Haemophilia Centre of Oxford   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR CONCENTRATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031766582     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615387     Document Type: Article

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