Dura mater-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: experience from surveillance in the UK.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Between 1970 and 2003, seven cases of human dura mater-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) were identified in the UK. Furthermore, we identified a case of CJD in a porcine dura graft recipient. The mean incubation period of the human dura mater cases was 93 (range 45-177) months. The clinico-pathological features of the cases are described and compared with cases previously reported in the world literature.
Medical subject headings
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Dura Mater
- Population Surveillance
- Transplantation, Heterologous