NR AFIY
AU Herzberg,L.
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and corneal grafts
QU Medical Journal of Australia 1979 Mar 24; 1(6): 248
PT journal article
AB The possible danger of surgical transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from one human being to another has been reported in three instances. Although laboratory attempts at transmission of this disease by corneal grafting have so far failed in animals, it is emphasized that great care should be exercised in the selection of donor material for corneal grafts and renal transplants.
MH Animal; Cornea/microbiology; *Corneal Transplantation; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*transmission; Haplorhini; Human; Optic Nerve/microbiology; Tissue Donors; *Transplantation, Homologous
SP englisch
PO Australien