Simultaneous occurrence of spongiform encephalopathy in a man and his cat in Italy

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Volumn 352, Issue 9134, 1998, Pages 1116-1117

  Zanusso, Gianluigi ^b   Nardelli, Ettore ^b   Rosati, Anna ^b   Fabrizi, GianMaria ^b   Ferrari, Sergio ^b   Carteri, Antonella ^b   De Simone, Franco ^b   Rizzuto, Nicola ^b   Monaco, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032480613     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79756-7     Document Type: Article

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