Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 22 years after human growth hormone therapy: clinical and radiological features

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Feb;79(2):229-31. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.122267.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenalectomy
  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / transmission*
  • Cushing Syndrome / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Disease Progression
  • Drug Contamination
  • Dwarfism, Pituitary / drug therapy
  • Electroencephalography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemiplegia / etiology
  • Human Growth Hormone / administration & dosage
  • Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hypophysectomy
  • Iatrogenic Disease*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Paresthesia / etiology
  • Pituitary Neoplasms / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Psychomotor Disorders / etiology
  • Reoperation

Substances

  • Human Growth Hormone