Early images of kuru and the people of Okapa.

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci

Institut Neurologique Alfred Fessard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Bâtiment 33, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Published: November 2008

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