NR ADQH
AU Duckett,S.; Stern,J.
TI Origins of the Creutzfeldt and Jakob concept
QU Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 1999 Apr; 8(1): 21-34
PT biography; historical article; journal article
AB A review of the publications of Hans Creutzfeldt and Alfons Jakob pertaining to the concept which bears their name (CJD) reveals that they described a neuropathological syndrome and were opposed to its classification as a neurological disease. The evidence on which Creutzfeldt and Jakob based their view is reevaluated, and studies by other workers are cited in which a range of environmental and genetic factors generated the CJ syndrome, challenging the proposition that CJD is a disease with a single cause.
MH Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*history; Germany; History of Medicine, 20th Cent.; Human
NS Creuzfeldt,H.G.; Jakob,A.
AD Jefferson Medical College of the Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
SP englisch
PO Niederlande