Tissue classification for the epidemiological assessment of surgical transmission of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A proposal on hypothetical risk levels

• Main Authors: Calero Miguel (Author), Siden Åke (Author), Mølbak Kåre (Author), de Pedro-Cuesta Jesús (Author), Rábano Alberto (Author), Laursen Henning (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epidemiological studies on the potential role of surgery in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease transmission have disclosed associations with history of specific surgical interventions or reported negative results.</p> <p>Methods&l...