Young-onset CJD: Age and disease phenotype in variant and sporadic forms

Functional Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-215

  Corato, Manuel ^a,b,c   Cereda, Cristina ^a   Cova, Emanuela ^a   Ferrarese, Carlo ^c,d   Ceroni, Mauro ^a,b,e  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Policlinico di Monza   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CJD; Sporadic CJD; Survival; Variant CJD; Young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDLINE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS; SENILE PLAQUES; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34147219676     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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