A statistical model to identify the contaminated lots implicated in iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among French human growth hormone recipients

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 597-604

  D'Aignaux, Jérôme Huillard ^a,b   Alpérovitch, Annick ^a   Maccario, Jean ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bayes theorem; Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome; Hormones; Iatrogenic disease; Models, statistical

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FRANCE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 2642616190     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009492     Document Type: Article

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