Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Final Assessment
Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Final Assessment
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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English
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United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
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The era of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has nearly closed; only occasional cases with exceptionally long incubation periods are still appearing. The principal sources of these outbreaks are contaminated growth hormone (226 cases) and dura mater grafts (228 cases) derived from human cadavers with undiagnosed CJD infections; a small num...
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Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Final Assessment
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_96e7bd347f364eb8bfe0c4c8dea91083
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_96e7bd347f364eb8bfe0c4c8dea91083
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1080-6040
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1080-6059
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10.3201/eid1806.120116
