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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
In 1996, the CJD surveillance unit in Edinburgh, UK described nvCJD which was thought to be the human equivalent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The identification of prion protein in the tonsil of an affected individual has raised the question of transmission of nvCJD via blood products. This study examines the post mortem brains of 33 patients who were treated with clotting factor concentrate of predominately UK donor source during the years 1962-1995. The brains were examined by conventional histological methods and also for the prion protein using monoclonal antibodies KG9 and 3F4. No evidence of spongiform encephalopathy was found and the immunocytochemistry was negative for PrP in all cases. It is concluded that, at present, there is no evidence for the transmission of nvCJD via clotting factor concentrate to patients with haemophilia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0340-6245
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
80
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
909-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Biological Agents, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Blood Coagulation Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Blood Transfusion, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Great Britain, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Hemophilia A, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Prion Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9869159-Prions
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Retrospective neuropathological review of prion disease in UK haemophilic patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article