Demonstration of the Transmissible Agent in Tissue from a Pregnant Woman with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease

27 August 1992

journal article
letter
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 327 (9) , 649
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199208273270918

Abstract

Only one case of Creutzfeldt—Jakob disease in pregnancy has been reported so far.¹ We report our finding of the transmissible agent in samples from a pregnant patient with Creutzfeldt—Jakob disease.

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