Clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: Accuracy based on analysis of autopsy-confirmed cases
✍ Scribed by Yasushi Iwasaki; Maya Mimuro; Mari Yoshida; Gen Sobue; Yoshio Hashizume
- Book ID
- 119302898
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 277
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-510X
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