Possible underascertainment of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A systematic study

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 304-309

  Hillier, C E M ^a   Salmon, R L ^b   Neal, J W ^a   Hilton, D A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALES;

EID: 0036185493     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.72.3.304     Document Type: Article

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