A retrospective study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Belgium

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 517-519

  Pals, P ^a   Van Everbroeck, B ^a   Sciot, R ^b   Godfraind, C ^c   Robberecht, W ^b   Dom, R ^b   Laterre, C ^c   Martin, J J ^a   Cras, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dementia; EEG; Epidemiology; Myoclonus; Prion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCLONUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032774099     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007581313067     Document Type: Article

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