The classic and variant forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Irani, David N ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037256216     PISSN: 10843612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/scnp.2003.50001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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