Possible cases of Alzheimer's transmitted by contaminated growth hormones. This would be the first evidence that Alzheimer's disease can be transmissible in certain very specific cases.
The eight patients, all from the United Kingdom, had all been treated as children with human growth hormones… This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 82% left to discover. Flash sale Unlock all items immediately. I ENJOY IT Already subscribed? Log in. DECRYPTION - Already at the origin of the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease scandal, hormones extracted from corpses between 1959 and 1985 are believed to be the cause of eight cases of dementia.