Identification of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease variants

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1045-

  Barash, Jed ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

EID: 68549117218     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2009.143     Document Type: Letter

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