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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Endoscopy - 1 Dec 2001

Axon A T, Beilenhoff U, Bramble M G, Ghosh S, Kruse A, McDonnell G E, Neumann C, Rey J F, Spencer K

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Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a transmissible form of spongiform encephalopathy believed to be contracted from the consumption of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) infected beef products. To date over 100 individuals have developed this incurable disease. There have been no documented cases of iatrogenic infection, but there is a theoretical risk that surgical procedures could transmit the...

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PMID: 11740649
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18937

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