Clinical Features of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 284, Issue , 2004, Pages 121-132

  Will, R G ^a   Ward, H J T ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

AGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 1642369501     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-08441-0_5     Document Type: Review

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