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Barriers to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Autopsies, California

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) surveillance relies on autopsy and neuropathologic evaluation. The 1990–2000 CJD autopsy rate in California was 21%. Most neurologists were comfortable diagnosing CJD (83%), but few pathologists felt comfortable diagnosing
Janice K. Louie, Shilpa S. Gavali, Ermias D. Belay, Rosalie Trevejo, Lucinda H. Hammond, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Duc J. Vugia   +6 more
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Dental treatment and risk of variant CJD - a case control study [PDF]

, 2007
Objective: Knowledge of risk factors for variant CJD (vCJD) remains limited, but transmission of prion proteins via re-useable medical devices, including dental instruments, or enhanced susceptibility following trauma to the oral cavity is a concern ...
Everington, D., S. Letters, J. Bagg, Bagg, J., D. Everington, R. G. Will, Smith, A.J., Letters, S., Will, R.G., Ward, H.J.T., A. J. Smith, H. J. T. Ward   +11 more
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Human prion diseases in the United States. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BackgroundPrion diseases are a family of rare, progressive, neurodegenerative disorders that affect humans and animals. The most common form of human prion disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), occurs worldwide. Variant CJD (vCJD), a recently emerged
Robert C Holman, Ermias D Belay, Krista Y Christensen, Ryan A Maddox, Arialdi M Minino, Arianne M Folkema, Dana L Haberling, Teresa A Hammett, Kenneth D Kochanek, James J Sejvar, Lawrence B Schonberger   +10 more
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Post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging in patients with suspected prion disease: Pathological confirmation, sensitivity, specificity and observer reliability. A national registry.

PLoS ONE, 2018
The relationship between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and clinical variables in patients suspected to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is uncertain.
Lorna M Gibson, Francesca M Chappell, David Summers, Donald A Collie, Robin Sellar, Jonathan Best, Richard Knight, James W Ironside, Joanna M Wardlaw   +8 more
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Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in China from 2006 to 2007

BMC Public Health, 2008
Background Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (HTSE), or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), is a group of rare and fatal diseases in central nervous system.
Wang Xiao-Fang, Xiang Ni-Juan, Han Jun, Jiang Hui-Ying, Tian Chan, Chen Jian-Ming, Zhang Bao-Yun, Zhou Wei, Gao Chen, Shi Qi, Gao Yong-Jun, Dong Xiao-Ping   +11 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Thailand: A Case Series and Review of the Literature [PDF]

Journal of Movement Disorders, 2015
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is an incurable and inevitably fatal neurodegenerative disorder. Although CJD has a worldwide distribution, there are no official statistics on CJD in Thailand.
Praween Lolekha, Ahmed Rasheed, Chutanat Yotsarawat   +2 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1996
After a cluster of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) cases among unusually young patients was reported recently from the United Kingdom, we examined trends and the current incidence of CJD in the United States. We found that the age-adjusted CJD death rate
Robert C. Holman, Ali S. Khan, Ermias D. Belay, Lawrence B. Schonberger   +3 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: recent developments [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare prion disorder that has been the subject of both professional and public interest following the identification of variant CJD as a zoonotic disorder.
Graeme Mackenzie, Robert Will
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The prepared tau exon-specific antibodies revealed distinct profiles of tau in CSF of the patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic value of CSF tau for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been widely evaluated, showing a markedly disease-relative manner. However, the profiles of tau isoforms in CSF of CJD patients remain unknown. Here, we prepared the exon-
Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Bao-Yun Zhang, Gui-Rong Wang, Wei Zhou, Chen Gao, Chan Tian, Guo-Yong Mei, Yan-Ling Han, Jun Han, Xiao-Ping Dong   +10 more
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Rapid and Sensitive RT-QuIC Detection of Human Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Using Cerebrospinal Fluid

mBio, 2015
Fast, definitive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is important in assessing patient care options and transmission risks. Real-time quaking-induced conversion (RT-QuIC) assays of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and nasal-brushing specimens are ...
Christina D. Orrú, Bradley R. Groveman, Andrew G. Hughson, Gianluigi Zanusso, Michael B. Coulthart, Byron Caughey   +5 more
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