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To the Editor: The article on Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease by Johnson and Gibbs (Dec. 31 issue)¹ gives the impression that case–control epidemiologic studies have been numerous and have found no link to "dietary eccentricities." We are aware of only a small number of case–control studies, but several of these found a link between consumption of meat products and an increased risk of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. One study from the United States that involved 26 patients with the disease found that nine individual food items were statistically linked to an increased risk of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.² Of these foods, six came from pigs. Furthermore, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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