Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9407, 2004, Pages 417-421

  Llewelyn, C A ^a   Hewitt, P E ^a   Knight, R S G ^c   Amar, K ^c   Cousens, S ^b   MacKenzie, J ^c   Will, R G ^c  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 1142273431     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15486-X     Document Type: Article

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