Risk assessment of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in corneal transplantation

PURPOSE: While corneal transplantation is known to have a potential risk of transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (vCJD), the magnitude of this risk has not been quantified. OBSERVATIONS: A case report is presented of a 73 year-old man with a penetrating keratoplasty graft from corneal t...

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Autores principales: Desilets, Jeffrey, Mittal, Abhiniti, Sellick, John A., Patel, Sangita P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10195844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37214772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101856

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