Presentation of a case of variant CJD in general dental practice

British Dental Journal

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-76

  Smith, A J ^a   Russell, D I ^a   Greene, J ^b   Lowman, A ^c   Ironside, J W ^c  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DENTISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL SURGERY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT REFERRAL;

ADULT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 4143123205     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811468     Document Type: Article

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