Investigation of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other human prion diseases with tonsil biopsy samples

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9148, 1999, Pages 183-189

  Hill, A F ^a   Butterworth, R J ^b   Joiner, S ^a   Jackson, G ^a   Rossor, M N ^b   Thomas, D J ^b   Frosh, A ^b   Tolley, N ^b   Bell, J E ^c   Spencer, M ^c   King, A ^d   Al Sarraj, S ^d   Ironside, J W ^c   Lantos, P L ^d   Collinge, J ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c National CJD Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; TONSIL;

EID: 0033573778     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(98)12075-5     Document Type: Article

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