A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9006, 1996, Pages 921-925

  Will, R G ^a   Ironside, J W ^a   Zeidler, M ^a   Cousens, S N ^b   Estibeiro, K ^a   Alperovitch, A ^c   Poser, S ^d   Pocchiari, M ^e   Hofmar, A ^f   Smith, P G ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0342951746     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91412-9     Document Type: Article

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