Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a cause for concern: Review of the evidence for risk of transmission through abdominal lymphoreticular tissue surgery

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 747-750

  Olsen, S B ^a   Sheikh, A ^b   Peck, D ^a   Darzi, A ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lymphoreticular; Prions; Surgery; Transmission; v CJD

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CATTLE DISEASE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA BASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 24044438526     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-004-9205-2     Document Type: Review

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