Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 716-717, 12 November 2002

Malnutrition as the cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

  • T Stockdale

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: T. Stockdale, 21 Castle Douglas Road, Dumfries DG2 7PA, UK

Dumfries, Scotland, UK

Received 15 February 2002; accepted 8 May 2002.

Abstract 

The evidence used to support the hypothesis that variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (vCJD) is caused by eating meat from cattle infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is unconvincing. It is postulated in this paper that the morphological symptoms of both diseases are caused by high concentrations of intracellular calcium (Ca2+); that in cattle the problem results from the ingestion of grass that contains mycotoxins, and in humans it results from the consumption of a diet abnormally low in protein.

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PII: S0306-9877(02)00318-3

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 716-717, 12 November 2002

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