Chapter 12 Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt –Jakob disease

Publication date: 2018 Source:Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Volume 153 Author(s): Atsushi Kobayashi, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Hidehiro Mizusawa Iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) has occurred through particular medical procedures. Among them, dura mater grafts and pituitary-derived growth hormone obtained from human cadavers undiagnosed as CJD are the most frequent sources of infection. Recent advances in our knowledge about dura mater graft- and human pituitary-derived growth hormone-associated CJD patients have revealed that the combination of the infected CJD strain and the PRNP genotype of the patient determines their clinical, neuropathologic, and biochemical features. In this chapter, we summarize the clinical, neuropathologic, biochemical, and diagnostic features of dura mater graft- and human pituitary-derived growth hormone-associated CJD patients for the appropriate diagnosis of iatrogenic CJD.
Source: Handbook of Clinical Neurology - Category: Neurology Source Type: research