Prion deposition in olfactory biopsy of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
✍ Scribed by Massimo Tabaton; Salvatore Monaco; Maria Paola Cordone; Monica Colucci; Giorgio Giaccone; Fabrizio Tagliavini; Gianluigi Zanusso
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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