Predictions of the incidence of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Dealler, S F ^a  

^a BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Epidemiology; New variant CJD; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031813363     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199807000-00002     Document Type: Review

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