Dura mater-associated Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: experience from surveillance in the UK. Issue 7 (20th April 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Heath, C A; Barker, R A; Esmonde, T F G; Harvey, P; Roberts, R; Trend, P; Head, M W; Smith, C; Bell, J E; Ironside, J W; Will, R G; Knight, R S G
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 77:Issue 7(2006)
• Page Start: 880
• Page End: 882
• Publication Date: 2006-04-20
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.073395
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : Between 1970 and 2003, seven cases of human dura mater-associated Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) were identified in the UK. Furthermore, we identified a case of CJD in a porcine dura graft recipient. The mean incubation period of the human dura mater cases was 93 (range 45–177) months. The clinico-pathological features of the cases are described and compared with cases previously reported in the world literature.