Article
[Prion diseases in pediatrics].
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 1 Mar 1999
Sol-Caubel I, Castela F, Brousse V, Faivre L, Guigonis V, Thiriez G, Billette de Villemeur T
Abstract excerpt
Prion diseases are rare neurologic affections with a poor prognosis, occurring in both humans and animals. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) secondary to human extracted growth hormone treatment is the most frequent condition in pediatrics. In 1994, a new type of CJD (variant CJD) was described in young adults in the United Kingdom, only 10 years after the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic, with recent...
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