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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (518519)	1/2/2004 12:59:04 PM
From: tonto	Respond to of 769670

Kenneth, I have no idea where you are going with your distraction move. You made things up, were caught and now you want to take the post elsewhere. It is fine with me. The news has covered the Mad Cow problem very well...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (518519)	1/2/2004 1:06:19 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Kenneth, should you be interested in learning more on Creutzfeldt-Jacob Syndrome, a good place to begin... Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome This page provides links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events, as well as contacts and cooperating partners in the various WHO programmes and offices working on this topic. Also shown are links to related web sites and topics. MeSH scope note: A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected individuals may present with sleep disturbances, personality changes, ATAXIA; APHASIA, visual loss, weakness, muscle atrophy, MYOCLONUS, progressive dementia, and death within one year of disease onset. A familial form exhibiting autosomal dominant inheritance and a new variant CJD (potentially associated with ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM) have been described. Pathological features include prominent cerebellar and cerebral cortical spongiform degeneration and the presence of PRIONS. (From N Engl J Med, 1998 Dec 31;339(27)) FACT SHEETS - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) - Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease RELATED LINKS - Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who.int tonto, you do admit there was a WA state case of Creutzfeld-Jakob syndrome?