Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in recipients of corneal transplants

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 851-854

  Maddox, Ryan A ^a,j   Belay, Ermias D ^a   Curns, Aaron T ^b   Zou, Wen Quan ^c   Nowicki, Scott ^d   Lembach, Richard G ^e   Geschwind, Michael D ^f   Haman, Aissa ^f   Shinozaki, Naoshi ^g   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^h   Borer, Mark J ⁱ   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^h JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ Tissue Banks International   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Corneal transplant; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Iatrogenic; Prion disease; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; CADAVER DONOR; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DIZZINESS; DYSGRAPHIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; EYEBANK; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; GLAUCOMA; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HALLUCINATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; KERATOCONUS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMORY DISORDER; MONOCULAR VISION; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RIGIDITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRAVEL; TREMOR; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING AID; WESTERN BLOTTING; DONOR; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

AGED; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EYE BANKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 49849088693     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816a628d     Document Type: Article

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