Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases |
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Authors: | Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Noguchi-Shinohara Moeko Nakamura Yosikazu Sato Takeshi Kitamoto Tetsuyuki Mizusawa Hidehiro Yamada Masahito |
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Affiliation: | Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible. |
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