1755 and all that: A historical primer of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

British Medical Journal

Volumn 317, Issue 7174, 1998, Pages 1688-1692

  Brown, Paul ^a   Bradley, Raymond ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE MUTATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRAPIE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032570091     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7174.1688     Document Type: Short Survey

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