vCJD tissue distribution and transmission by transfusion--a worst-case scenario coming true?

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Adriano Aguzzi et al. Lancet. 2004.

. 2004 Feb 7;363(9407):411-2.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15520-7.

¹ Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zürich, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland. adriano@pathol.unizh.ch

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