| Literature DB >> 1469410 |
J I Cochius1, N Hyman, M M Esiri.
Abstract
A 44 year old female presented with a progressive cerebellar disturbance approximately 13 years after receiving human pituitary derived gonadotrophin injections as a treatment for infertility. The patient died approximately nine months later. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was confirmed at necropsy. This is the second reported case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a recipient of human derived gonadotrophin.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1469410 PMCID: PMC1015303 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.55.11.1094
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry ISSN: 0022-3050 Impact factor: 10.154