NR AASQ
AU Arakawa,K.; Nagara,H.; Itoyama,Y.; Doh-ura,K.; Tomokane,N.; Tateishi,J.; Goto,I.
TI Clustering of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease near Fukuoka City, Japan
QU Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 1991 Nov; 84(5): 445-7
PT journal article
AB During a 4-month period we encountered three patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). All lived in a limited area near Fukuoka City in Japan. Such a significantly close spatial and temporal clustering of cases suggests exposure to a common CJD infectious agent. Except for dental-related treatments, there were no evident causative agents common to these three patients.
MH Aged; Atrophy; Brain/pathology; Case Report; Cluster Analysis; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/diagnosis/*epidemiology/pathology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Human; Incidence; Japan/epidemiology; Male; Middle Age; Neurologic Examination; PrPsc Proteins; Prions/analysis; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
AD Department of Neurology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
SP englisch
PO Dänemark