Articles Tagged With: amyloid-ß
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Amyloid-ß Pathology Induced by Contaminated Cadaver-Derived Growth Hormone
Cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone that previously was known to transmit Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) also contains ß-amyloid. Growth hormone vials from cases associated with amyloid plaques in CJD patients cause amyloid plaque formation and cerebral amyloid angiopathy when injected intracranially into mice.