The german FFI cases

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-561

  Kretzschmar, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRION; PRION DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS;

EID: 0032112577     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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