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National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
Edinburgh
EH4 2XU
Tel: 0131 537 2128/1980
Fax: 0131 343 1404
Web: www.cjd.ed.ac.uk
Best time to telephone: normal office hours
The incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is monitored in the UK by the National CJD Surveillance Unit based at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The unit brings together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists specializing in the investigation of this disease. Their website (address above) includes the following:
- Summarises the research in progress at the CJD unit.
- Provides some background information about CJD and other human spongiform encephalopathies.
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