American woman died of a mad-cow-like disease that lay dormant for 50 years: All you need to know
An American woman passed away from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. She likely contracted it from contaminated growth hormone treatments as a child. The disease remained dormant for about 50 years. Doctors published the details in a medical journal. This case marks the longest recorded latency for this disease. Earlier treatments used human growth hormone from cadavers. Read more below!
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