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CJD diagnosis just got easier

Test for Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease raises hopes of speedier diagnosis.

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O'Callaghan, T. CJD diagnosis just got easier. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.59

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