Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease via a corneal transplant

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 388-390

  Heckmann, J G ^a   Lang, C J G ^a   Petruch, F ^b   Druschky, A ^a   Erb, C ^c   Brown, P ^d   Neundorfer B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Bezirkskrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal graft; Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Iatrogenic transmission

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0030827279     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.3.388     Document Type: Article

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