Clinical and pathological features and laboratory confirmation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a recipient of pituitary-derived human growth hormone

N Engl J Med. 1985 Sep 19;313(12):734-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198509193131207.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Brain / microbiology*
  • Brain / ultrastructure
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / metabolism
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / microbiology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission*
  • Cricetinae
  • Drug Contamination*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Growth Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / analysis
  • PrP 27-30 Protein
  • Prions / analysis

Substances

  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Prions
  • PrP 27-30 Protein
  • Growth Hormone