Incubation period of human prion disease

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9539, 2006, Pages 913-

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Leary, Christopher C ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KURU; LETTER; PRION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETICS; NOTE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POSTHUMOUS CARE;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; KURU; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; FUNERAL RITES; PRION DISEASES;

EID: 33748299528     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69359-8     Document Type: Letter

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