Tissue handling in suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other human spongiform encephalopathies (prion diseases)

Pathologe

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 172-175

  Budka, H ^a   Aguzzi, A ^a   Brown, P ^a   Brucher, J M ^a   Bugiani, O ^a   Collinge, J ^a   Diringer, H ^a   Gullotta, F ^a   Haltia, M ^a   Hauw, J J ^a   Ironside, J W ^a   Kretzschmar, H A ^a   Lantos, P L ^a   Masullo, C ^a   Pocchiari, M ^a   Schlote, W ^a   Tateishi, J ^a   Will, R G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Decontamination; Infectivity; Prion diseases; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRION DISEASE; SAFETY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; PRION DISEASES; RISK; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 3142523592     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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