{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-426/annex/division-19/division-3/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-426/annex/division-19/division-3/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2008/426",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 28 April 2008 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 1589) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/426/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-426",
  "path": "annex/division/19/division/3/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Diagnostic criteria for a probable or a possible case:",
  "text": "EEG does not show the typical appearance of sporadic CJD in the early stages of the illness\nBilateral pulvinar high signal on MRI brain scan\nA positive tonsil biopsy",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The typical appearance of the EEG in sporadic CJD consists of generalised periodic complexes at approximately one per second. These may occasionally be seen in the late stages of VCJD."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The typical appearance of the EEG in sporadic CJD consists of generalised periodic complexes at approximately one per second. These may occasionally be seen in the late stages of VCJD."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Tonsil biopsy is not recommended routinely nor in cases with EEG appearances typical of sporadic CJD, but may be useful in suspect cases in which the clinical features are compatible with VCJD and MRI does not show pulvinar high signal."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/426/annex/division/19/division/3/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:48.847189+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}