Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia 1970-1999

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1365-1371

  Collins, S ^a   Boyd, A ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Lewis, V ^a   Fletcher, A ^a   McLean, C A ^a   Law, M ^b   Kaldor, J ^b   Smith, M J ^a,c   Masters, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE FINDING; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037069259     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000031793.11602.8C     Document Type: Article

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