A Contemporary Risk Analysis of Iatrogenic Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) via Corneal Transplantation in the United States

BACKGROUND: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal, neurodegenerative prion disease potentially transmissible through corneal transplantation. While statistical analyses performed two decades ago estimated the overall prevalence of CJD in the corneal donor pool to be low, the recent signif...

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Autores principales: Martheswaran, Tanisha, Desautels, Jordan D., Moshirfar, Majid, Shmunes, Kathryn M., Ronquillo, Yasmyne C., Hoopes, Phillip C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7406626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32564338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00272-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7406626/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32564338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00272-8

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