TY - JOUR T1 - Probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a cadaveric dural graft JF - Eur J Epidemiol Y1 - 1995 A1 - Lang,C. J. A1 - Schuler,P. A1 - Engelhardt,A. A1 - Spring,A. A1 - Brown,P. KW - *Disease Transmission, Infectious KW - Adult KW - Astrocytoma / surgery KW - Cadaver KW - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology / *transmission KW - Dura Mater / *transplantation KW - Electroencephalography KW - Fatal Outcome KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Iatrogenic Disease KW - Reoperation KW - Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery KW - Tissue Transplantation / adverse effects AB - A 26-year old female who had received a cervical cadaveric dural graft 7 years earlier developed psychotic behavior and generalized myoclonic jerks. Following rapid deterioration and appearance of high-charge sharp periodic waves on electroencephalography she died within two months. We believe that this patient is the first German who acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by dural implant. VL - 11 CP - 1 N1 - Lang, C J Schuler, P Engelhardt, A Spring, A Brown, P Case Reports Netherlands European journal of epidemiology Eur J Epidemiol. 1995 Feb;11(1):79-81. ID - 866 ER -