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Experience with preventive genetic testing of corneal donors in slovakia.
Cornea - 1 Sept 2011
Mitrová Eva, Cernák Andrej, Slivarichová Dana, Koščová Silvia, Bernovská Veronika, Cernák Martin
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was (1) to detect asymptomatic carriers of the prion protein gene mutation E200K, which is associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), in corneal donors and in the general population of Slovakia and (2) to assess the genetic testing of corneal donors as an effective preventive measure against iatrogenic infection in a country with an unusually high incidence of genetic CJD....
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