Diagnosis of Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome in familial dementia with prion protein gene analysis.

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Published in Lancet on July 01, 1989

Authors

J Collinge1, A E Harding, F Owen, M Poulter, R Lofthouse, A M Boughey, T Shah, T J Crow

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1: Division of Psychiatry, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.

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