Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and blood transfusion: Updated results of the UK Transfusion Medicine Epidemiology Review Study

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 310-316

  Urwin, P J M ^a   Mackenzie, J M ^a   Llewelyn, C A ^b   Will, R G ^a   Hewitt, P E ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Epidemiology; Prion disease

Indexed keywords

E200K PROTEIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILIAL CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPORADIC CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS; PRION PROTEINS; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952685517     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vox.12371     Document Type: Article

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