Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a husband and wife

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 684-688

  Brown, Paul ^a,g   Cervenakova L ^a   McShane, L ^b   Goldfarb, L G ^a   Bishop, K ^c   Bastian, F ^d   Kirkpatrick, J ^e   Piccardo, P ^f   Ghetti, B ^f   Gajdusek, D C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE;

EID: 0344352503     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.3.684     Document Type: Article

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