Reflections on kuru

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1510, 2008, Pages 3654-3656

  Prusiner, Stanley B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRION DISEASE;

EID: 53749106899     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.4024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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