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CJD mimics and chameleons [PDF]

, 2017
Rapidly progressive dementia mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a relatively rare presentation but a rewarding one to become familiar with, as the potential diagnoses range from the universally fatal to the completely reversible.
Rudge, P, Mead, S
core   +1 more source

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: literature review based on three case reports

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2022
. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is one of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that lead to rapidly progressive dementia. CJD has a low prevalence, and the average survival is only 1 year after the onset of symptoms.
Amandha Alencar Maia Carneiro, Mateus Aragão Esmeraldo, David Elison de Lima e Silva, Espártaco Moraes Lima Ribeiro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with discharge on higher respiratory support for children with tracheostomy hospitalized with bacterial tracheostomy‐associated infections: A prospective, multicenter cohort study

Journal of Hospital Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract We conducted a multicenter prospective cohort study to identify factors associated with discharge on higher respiratory support in children with tracheostomy hospitalized for bacterial tracheostomy‐associated infections (bTRAINs). We included children 0–21 years with tracheostomy hospitalized for bTRAIN at six freestanding children's hospitals
Krystal S. Jin, Naoko Kono, Jonathan D. Cogen, Sarah Hofman DeYoung, Catherine S. Forster, Andrea Hahn, Margaret Rush, John M. Morrison, Joanna E. Thomson, Sukhada V. Mairal, Michael N. Neely, Wendy J. Mack, Tamara D. Simon, Christopher J. Russell   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicenter Study Results on Expanded Indications in Med‐EL Pediatric Cochlear Implant Population

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives To demonstrate safety and efficacy of MED‐EL cochlear implants (CIs) in children aged < 12 months and in children aged 12–71 months with residual hearing. Methods This was a multicenter, nonrandomized, single‐subject, repeated‐measures study with prospective (N = 38; 26 < 12 months of age) and retrospective (N = 209; 70 < 12 months ...
Nancy M. Young, Denise Thomas, Stephen R. Hoff, Jeffrey D. Carron, Victoria B. Gonzalez, Chrisanda M. Sanchez, Ivette Cejas, Paul W. Bauer, Aimee J. Gross, Margaret E. Richter, Lisa R. Park, Kevin D. Brown   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Methionine/Valine Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
A patient with a heterozygous variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a methionine/valine genotype at codon 129 of the prion protein gene was recently reported.
Daisy Bougard, Maxime Bélondrade, Charly Mayran, Lilian Bruyère-Ostells, Sylvain Lehmann, Chantal Fournier-Wirth, Richard S. Knight, Robert G. Will, Alison J.E. Green   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prediction of Prion Proteins in E. coli Based on Bimodal Sequence Characteristics

Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prions are infectious proteins that bear misfolded conformations capable of converting folded states into misfolded aggregates under physiologically relevant conditions. In mammals, prions cause deadly maladies including Creutzfeldt‐Jakob and chronic wasting disease. To date, several prion proteins have been identified in eukaryotes, primarily
Katherine Shreeve, Jinoh Jang, Mridula Srivathsan, Siyu Li, Taylor D. Scott, Silvia Cavagnero   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

CSF neurogranin as a neuronal damage marker in CJD: a comparative study with AD [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurogranin concentrations are altered in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), comparatively with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and associated with neuronal degeneration in brain tissue ...
Hermann, Peter, Zetterberg, H, Schmitz, Matthias, Ferrer Abizanda, Isidro, Villar-Pique, A, Zerr, Inga, Zetterberg, Henrik, Hermann, P, Ferrer Abizanda, I, Karch, A, Llorens, Franc, Blennow, K, Zerr, I, Diaz-Lucena, Daniela, Schmitz, M, Villar-Pique, Anna, Vidal, E, Vidal, Enric, Diaz-Lucena, D, Blennow, Kaj, Karch, Andre, Llorens, F   +21 more
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A review of the enhanced CJD surveillance feasibility study in the elderly in Scotland, UK

BMC Geriatrics
Background Variant Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (vCJD) arose from dietary contamination with bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy (BSE). Because of concerns that vCJD-cases might be missed in the elderly, a feasibility study of enhanced CJD surveillance on ...
Lovney Kanguru, Sarah Cudmore, Gemma Logan, Briony Waddell, Colin Smith, Anna Molesworth, Richard Knight   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systemic analysis of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease cases in Asia

Prion
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder, also known as a subacute spongiform encephalopathy. There are three major subtypes of CJD i.e. Sporadic CJD, which occurs for reasons unbeknown to science (85% of
Urwah Rasheed, Sana Khan, Minahil Khalid, Aneeqa Noor, Saima Zafar   +4 more
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Insights from the Presidential Addresses to the Agricultural Economics Society

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Society's published presidential addresses have embraced a wide range of subject matter, reflecting a ‘road well travelled’ in agricultural economics. The areas covered include the development and use of data and statistics, lessons from history, sectoral analysis, land economics, international trade and international development.
David Blandford
wiley   +1 more source