NR ABGR
AU Berger,J.R.; David,N.J.
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a physician: a review of the disorder in health care workers.
QU Neurology 1993 Jan; 43(1): 205-6
KI Neurology. 1993 Nov;43(11):2421. PMID: 8232977
PT journal article; review; review of reported cases
AB We describe a 58-year-old physician who developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) 30 years after formal training in pathology. To the best of our knowledge, he is the sixth physician and the 24th health care worker reported with CJD. We summarize the available data on these health care workers.
ZR 10
MH *Allied Health Personnel; Case Report; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/epidemiology/*transmission; Human; Male; Middle Age; Occupational Diseases/epidemiology/*etiology; *Physicians; Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
AD Department of Neurology, University of Miami School of Medicine, FL 33156.
SP englisch
PO USA