Abstract
The estimated annual mortality rate of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Genoa area during the six year period 1974 through 1979 was 0.93 per million inhabitants.
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La mortalità annuale da malattia di Creutzfeldt-Jakob nella città e nella provincia di Genova, è stata dal 1974 al 1979 di 0.93 per milione di abitanti.
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Tabaton, M., Bugiani, O., Mancardi, G.L. et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the city and district of Genoa: estimated mortalityrate in the six year period 1974–1979. Ital J Neuro Sci 2, 189–192 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02335443
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