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. 1998 Feb 14;316(7131):563–564. doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7131.563

Early identification of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Some promising approaches but no clear answers yet

Maurizio Pocchiari 1
PMCID: PMC1112626  PMID: 9518890

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