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New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is more common in Britain than elsewhere
BMJ 1998; 317 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.317.7154.352a (Published 01 August 1998) Cite this as: BMJ 1998;317:352
- J W Ironside, Senior lecturer in pathology.,
- R S G Knigh, Consultant neurologist,
- R G Will, Consultant neurologist.,
- P G Smith, Head of department,
- S N Cousens, Senior lecturer
- National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT
EDITOR—Although the overall incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom is similar to that in other countries in Europe,1 there is a major difference in terms of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease2 : 25 cases of new …
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