title: New variant or iatrogenic? A response to Streichenberger et al. [Acta Neuropathol (2000) 99:704-708].
abstract: Evidence is presented that the reported case may not be a new variant sensu strictiori as suggested but rather a iatrogenic case transmitted by corneal transplant or tonometry.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Heckmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neundörfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016039:Corneal Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male