Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 29 (2) , 225
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.29.2.225
Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was studied among Libyan-born Israelis, in whom the disease appears with unusual frequency. Interviews with relatives of deceased victims revealed statistically significant clustering within families. The results suggest either a common source of exposure or a genetic influence on susceptibility to the virus.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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