Characterization of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and History of Neurosurgery to Identify Potential Iatrogenic Cases

Authors :: Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Sakai, Kenji
Kobayashi, Atsushi
Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki
Ae, Ryusuke
Nakamura, Yosikazu
Sanjo, Nobuo
Arai, Kimihito
Koide, Mizuho
Katada, Fumiaki
Harada, Masafumi
Murai, Hiroyuki
Murayama, Shigeo
Tsukamoto, Tadashi
Mizusawa, Hidehiro
Yamada, Masahito
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. June, 2020, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p1140, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Prion diseases are fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative disorders characterized by deposition of abnormal prion protein ([PrP.sup.Sc]) in the brain (1). Human prion diseases, which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), are classified into [...]

Subjects :: Diagnostic imaging -- Research
Medical errors -- Research
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- Research
Electroencephalography -- Research
Medical research
Neurosurgery -- Research
Prions (Proteins) -- Research
Codons -- Research
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