The first case of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in France: clinical data and neuropathological findings

Clinical data and autopsy findings in a case of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jak ob disease (vCJD) are reported. this case, the first histologically confine d case described outside the United Kingdom, very much resembles the cases described by Will et al. [(1996) Lancet 347: 921-925] and Zeidler et al. [( 1997) Lancer 350:903-908, 908-910]. Neuropathological studies failed to rev eal any conspicuous clues that could be relevant for understanding the path ophysiology of the disease. For epidemiological surveillance, neuropatholog ists should scrutinize suspected cases keeping in mind the possibility of v CJD.