The Medical journal of Australia
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The possible danger of surgical transmission of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from one human being to another has been reported in three instances. Although laboratory attempts at transmission of this disease by corneal grafting have so far failed in animals, it is emphasized that great care should be exercised in the selection of donor material for corneal grafts and renal transplants.
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The long-term follow-up of a case of unilateral pulsating proptosis is reported. The clinical signs in this patient were due to a defect in the bony wall of the orbit which is an unusual manifestation of neurofibromatosis.
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Smoking has been recently shown to lead to aberrant immunological function in man. Since immunological host resistance is important in the natural history of human malignant melanoma, it was the object of this study to determine the effects of smoking on the course of this disease. ⋯ The proportion of men smokers free of disease five years after melanoma diagnosis was significantly lower than that of men non-smokers. An effect of smoking similar to that recorded in men was not evident in women with malignant melanoma.