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Disease latency in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease via dural grafting: A case report

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The case of a 57-year old man is reported who had been operated upon for cerebellar angioblastoma more than 19 years previously. Having received a lyophilized dural patch he developed Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease of which he died 19 months later. This is the longest latency with dura-associated Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease reported so far.

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  1. Neurological Hospital with Outpatient Department, Friedrich-Alexander-University at Erlangen, Germany

    C.J.G. Lang, J.G. Heckmann, B. Neundörfer & M. Buchfelder

  2. Neurological Hospital with Outpatient Department, Ludwig-Maximilians-University at Munich, Germany

    V. Querner

  3. Psychiatric Hospital with Outpatient Department, Friedrich-Alexander-University at Erlangen, Germany

    J. Kornhuber

  4. Institute of Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University at Munich, Germany

    H.A. Kretzschmar

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Lang, C., Heckmann, J., Querner, V. et al. Disease latency in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease via dural grafting: A case report. Eur J Epidemiol 17, 1013–1014 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020023008361

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