1. [Anaesthetic management for caesarean delivery and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease].
- Author
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Dalmas AF, Pougeoise M, Hélou N, Dépret-Mosser S, and Krivosic-Horber R
- Subjects
- Adolescent, Anesthesia, Epidural, Anesthesia, General, Blotting, Western, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome chemically induced, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome transmission, Female, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Placenta pathology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Outcome, Anesthesia, Obstetrical, Cesarean Section, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome complications
- Abstract
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is the only form of prion diseases linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The surgical and anaesthetic management in patients having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is rare. Maternofoetal and human transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is still unknown. The principles for managing these new risks are not described in obstetric recommendations. We report the case of an 18-year-old woman, who developed the variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease during her pregnancy., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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