Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease mimics, or how to sort out the subacute encephalopathy patient

Practical Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-28

  Murray, Katherine ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79251524619     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: 14747766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.235721     Document Type: Review

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