Surgery and risk of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-242

  Ward, Hester J T ^a   Knight, Richard S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

CONTAMINATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NOTE; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 53249103750     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000163098     Document Type: Note

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