title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: results of an inquiry in the fifteen Member States of the European Union.
abstract: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) was first described in 1920-1921. CJD is a rare disease with a reported incidence of 0.5 to 1 case per million people in Europe. This fatal dementia belongs to the category of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)
authors.forename: B.C.
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.forename: P.W.J
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chambaud