Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and risk of blood transfusion in the United Kingdom

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1872-1873

  Molesworth, Anna M ^a   MacKenzie, Jan ^a   Everington, Dawn ^a   Knight, Richard S G ^a   Will, Robert G ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORADIC CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80051633999     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03198.x     Document Type: Letter

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