How widespread is variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?: The disease seems rare but "infection" may be relatively common

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 347, Issue 7929, 2013, Pages

  Salmon, Roland ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; PRION PROTEIN;

APPENDIX; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TONSIL; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

ANIMALS; APPENDIX; CARRIER STATE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIONS;

EID: 84886938876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f5994     Document Type: Editorial

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