Assessment of the prevalence of vCJD through testing tonsils and appendices for abnormal prion protein

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1438, 2000, Pages 23-29

  Ghani, Azra C ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appendices; Prion protein; Tonsils; vCJD

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MODEL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034614339     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.0961     Document Type: Article

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