Review. The neuropathology of kuru and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1510, 2008, Pages 3685-3687

  McLean, Catriona A ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Kuru; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENOTYPE; INCUBATION; NEUROLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN;

EID: 53749108590     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2008.0086     Document Type: Conference Paper

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