A recipient of immunoglobulin from a donor who developed vCJD

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 270-

  El Shanawany, T ^a,b   Jolles, S ^a   Unsworth, D J ^a   Williams, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PRION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGAM;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DONOR; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BLOOD DONORS; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 62349138169     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2008.01148.x     Document Type: Letter

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