Deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue 9157, 1999, Pages 979-

  Will, R G ^a   Cousens, S N ^a   Farrington, C P ^a   Smith, P G ^a   Knight, R S G ^a   Ironside, J W ^a  

^a MILTON KEYNES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033586438     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)01160-5     Document Type: Article

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