Validation of diagnostic criteria for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 761-770

  Heath, Craig A ^a   Cooper, Sarah A ^b   Murray, Katy ^a   Lowman, Andrea ^c   Henry, Colm ^d   MacLeod, Margaret A ^e   Stewart, Gillian E ^a   Zeidler, Martin ^f   MacKenzie, Jan M ^a   Ironside, James W ^a   Summers, David M ^a   Knight, Richard S G ^a   Will, Robert G ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d MERCY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^e ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952924225     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21987     Document Type: Article

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