Open AccessFirst case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported in a United States resident
Author(s) -
A M Molesworth
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.43.01919-en
Subject(s) - creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , medicine , disease , pediatrics , prion protein , pathology
Last week, the first case of probable variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in a United States (US) resident was documented in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (1). The patient, a 22 year old woman living in Florida, first developed neuropsychiatric symptoms in November 2001, and was initially reported in April 2002 (2).
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