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Tissue safety in view of CJD and variant CJD.
Cell and tissue banking - 1 Jan 2005
Pauli Georg
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies on human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, CJD) have shown that the agent could be transmitted by highly infectious tissues like brain, spinal cord or retina and medicinal products derived from these tissues (i.e. human growth hormone, dura mater). A few cases of transmission of CJD by neurosurgical instruments have been reported. The transmission of the...
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