Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) and other prion diseases: An update;Creutzfeldt-Jakobs sjukdom och andra prionsjukdomar: Nuläget

Lakartidningen

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 19-24

  Lundberg, P O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035835188     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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