Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion
Authors:
- Pe HewittPHPe Hewitt
- Rsg KnightRKRsg Knight
- K AmarKAK Amar
- S CousensSCS Cousens
- J MackenzieJMJ Mackenzie
- Rg WillRWRg Will
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- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Elsevier in The Lancet
- Vol. 363 (9407) , 417-421
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