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Which criteria best support the diagnosis of VV1 sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease?

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Surachai Supattapone & Judy R Rees

  2. Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, both at Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA

    Surachai Supattapone & Judy R Rees

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Supattapone, S., Rees, J. Which criteria best support the diagnosis of VV1 sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease?. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 296–297 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0192

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