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Probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a cadaveric dural graft
C J Lang1, P Schüler, A Engelhardt
1Neurologische Klinik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.
European Journal of Epidemiology
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 26-year old female who had received a cervical cadaveric dural graft 7 years earlier developed psychotic behavior and generalized myoclonic jerks. Following rapid deterioration and appearance of high-charge sharp periodic waves on electroencephalography she died within two months. We believe that this patient is the first German who acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by dural implant.