Surveillance of prion diseases in Japan: Analysis of 409 patients

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 806-809

  Yamada, Masahito ^a,b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b C Jakob Dis Survlnc Comm JPN ^*

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Dura mater graft; Prion diseases; Surveillance; Variant CJD

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DURA MATER; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRION DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; HUMANS; JAPAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRION DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 3042542466     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Parchi P, Giese A, Capellari S, et al: Classification of sporadic Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease based on molecular and phenotypic analysis of 300 subjects. Ann Neurol 1999; 46: 224-233
2. Nakamura Y, Watanabe M, Nagosi K, et al: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with cadaveric dura mater grafts-Japan, 1979-2003, MMWR 2003; in press.