Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences - Introduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1510, 2008, Pages 3607-3612

  Collinge, John ^a   Alpers, Michael P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION DISEASE;

EDITORIAL; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; KURU; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; KURU; NEW GUINEA;

EID: 53749094170     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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