Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mortality in Italy, 1982-1996

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-100

  Arpino, Carla ^a   Conti, Susanna ^a   Masocco, Maria ^a   Toccaceli, Virgilia ^a   Ladogana, Anna ^a   D'Alessandro, Marco ^a   Pocchiari, Maurizio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032972032     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069412     Document Type: Article

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