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Review
. 2001 Apr 7;322(7290):841-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7290.841.

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

P Brown  1
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Review

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

P Brown. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Chronology of epidemic of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in United Kingdom, 1986-2000
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Figure 2
Comparison of ages at onset of illness in patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in United Kingdom, 1994-2000. Data provided by Dr Robert Will, CJD Surveillance Unit, Edinburgh
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