Article
New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Current opinion in neurology - 1 Jun 1998
Stewart G E, Ironside J W
Abstract excerpt
New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a novel human prion disorder with characteristic clinical and neuropathological features, which results from exposure to the bovine spongiform encephalopathy agent. The probably lengthy incubation period makes it difficult to predict future new variant Cre...
Topics
- Animals
- Cattle
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform
- Europe
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
