Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with long duration and panencephalopathic lesions: Molecular analysis of one case

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 271-274

  Ghorayeb, I ^a   Series, C ^a   Parchi, P ^c   Sawan, B ^a   Guez, S ^a   Laplanche, J L ^b   Capellari, S ^c   Gambetti, P ^c   Vital, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KURU; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031817970     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.1.271     Document Type: Article

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