Prion immunoreactivity in appendix before clinical onset of variant Creutzfeldt-lakob disease

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9129, 1998, Pages 703-704

  Hilton, David A ^a,b   Fathers, Edward ^a   Edwards, Philip ^a   Ironside, James W ^a   Zajicek, John ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032578283     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)24035-9     Document Type: Article

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