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. 2014 Jan 16;123(3):452-3.
doi: 10.1182/blood-2013-11-539239.

A highly specific blood test for vCJD

Graham S Jackson  1 , Jesse Burk-Rafel, Julie A Edgeworth, Anita Sicilia, Sabah Abdilahi, Justine Korteweg, Jonathan Mackey, Claire Thomas, Guosu Wang, Simon Mead, John Collinge
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A highly specific blood test for vCJD

Graham S Jackson et al. Blood. .
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