Evidence for case-to-case transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 45 (3) , 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.45.3.235
Abstract
Three cases of probable iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by neurosurgery are detailed together with a cluster of three cases in Eastern England possibly connected by dental procedures, and the development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient who had been in social contact with a familial case.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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