Acquired prion disease: Iatrogenic CJD, variant CJD, kuru

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue , 2003, Pages 255-265

  Will, Robert G ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISINFECTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; KURU; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIET; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTRODES; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KURU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRION DISEASES; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TRANSPLANTATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0141849457     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/66.1.255     Document Type: Review

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