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. 1982 Mar;45(3):235–238. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.45.3.235

Evidence for case-to-case transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

RG Will 1, WB Matthews 1
PMCID: PMC491343  PMID: 7045290

Abstract

Three cases of probable iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by neurosurgery are detailed together with a cluster of three cases in Eastern England possibly connected by dental procedures, and the development of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient who had been in social contact with a familial case.

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