Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in China from 2006 to 2007

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shi, Qi ^a   Zhou, Wei ^a   Zhang, Bao Yun ^a   Chen, Jian Ming ^a   Tian, Chan ^a   Jiang, Hui Ying ^a   Han, Jun ^a   Xiang, Ni Juan ^a   Wang, Xiao Fang ^a   Gao, Yong Jun ^a   Dong, Xiao Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EEG ABNORMALITY; HUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 57249111881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-360     Document Type: Article

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