New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Will, R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy; Epidemiology; New variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIET; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033081808     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3322(99)80054-7     Document Type: Article

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