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Study protocol for enhanced CJD surveillance in the 65+ years population group in Scotland: an observational neuropathological screening study of banked brain tissue donations for evidence of prion disease
INTRODUCTION: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a human prion disease that occurs in sporadic, genetic and acquired forms. Variant CJD (vCJD) is an acquired form first identified in 1996 in the UK. To date, 178 cases of vCJD have been reported in the UK, most of which have been associated with diet...
Autores principales: | Peden, Alexander Howard, Kanguru, Lovney, Ritchie, Diane L, Smith, Colin, Molesworth, Anna M |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830687/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033744 |
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