Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Implications for gastroenterology

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 888-890

  Bramble, Mike G ^a   Ironside, J W ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036113572     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.6.888     Document Type: Short Survey

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