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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Case: Woman Dies After 50-Year Latency

A recent case report details the death of a 58-year-old woman who contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) nearly 50 years after receiving contaminated growth hormone treatments as a child. This case highlights the exceptionally long late...

Woman dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob almost 50 years after taking prion-contaminated growth hormone
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