New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 456-459

  Gordon, N ^a  

^a Huntlywood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; PSYCHIATRY; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; TONSIL;

ADOLESCENT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032876407     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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