Unveiling the mysteries of hereditary prion diseases in Brazil

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(06): 329-330
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20170057

EDITORIAL

Desvendando os mistérios das doenças priçnicas hereditárias no Brasil

Abelardo Q. C. Araújo

¹Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Neurologia Deolindo Couto, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil;

²Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brasil.

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