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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Clinical, pathological and molecular study [PDF]

Revista Ciencias de la Salud, 2008
phalopathiesare neurodegenerative diseasescaused by abnormal accumulation of pathogenicisoform the prion protein, which induces theformation of conglomerates protein resistantto degradation.
Victoria Eugenia Villegas, Fernando Velandia, Cesar Payán   +2 more
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Treating seizures in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2014
Seizures are known to occur in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). In the setting of a rapidly progressive condition with no effective therapy, determining appropriate treatment for seizures can be difficult if clinical morbidity is not obvious yet the ...
Marcus C. Ng, M. Brandon Westover, Andrew J. Cole   +2 more
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Pathologically confirmed autoimmune encephalitis in suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]

, 2015
Objective: To determine the clinical features and presence in CSF of antineuronal antibodies in patients with pathologically proven autoimmune encephalitis derived from a cohort of patients with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).
Beukelaar, J.W.K. (Janet) de, Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Graaff, E. (Esther) de, Jansen, C. (Casper), Maat, P. (Peter), Rozemuller, A.J.M. (Annemieke), Schuur, M. (Maaike), Smitt, P.S., Titulaer, M.J. (Maarten), Van Coevorden, M.H. (Marleen H.)   +9 more
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Atypical status of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Poland: a molecular typing study [PDF]

, 2008
The aim of this study was to analyze molecular features of protease-resistant prion protein (PrPres) in Western blots of BSE cases diagnosed in Poland with respect to a possible atypical status.
Jacobs, J.G., Langeveld, J.P.M., Polak, M.P., Zmudzinski, J.F.   +3 more
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Progressive multifocal diffusion-weighted imaging hyperintensities in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with positive cerebrospinal fluid real-time quaking-induced conversion: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a rare and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder classified among the prion diseases. Primarily affecting the brain, this condition precipitates neuronal cell demise, culminating in swiftly advancing dementia
Puyu Li, Wenjing Wang, Lingzhi Li, Keding Cheng, Ying Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Wei Xu   +6 more
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The first reported case of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease from Nepal

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (CJD) can also be diagnosed in a resource‐limited setting through good clinical analysis. The diagnosis of CJD should be considered in patients with rapidly evolving neurological signs associated with cognitive disturbances even
Himal Kharel, Pabitra Adhikari, Nishan B. Pokhrel, Zeni Kharel, Gaurav Nepal   +4 more
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The most problematic symptoms of prion disease - an analysis of carer experiences [PDF]

, 2019
Objectives: Prion diseases are rare dementias that most commonly occur sporadically, but can be inherited or acquired, and for which there is no cure.
Collinge, John, Ford, Liz, Gorham, Michele, Mead, Simon, Robinson, Kathy, Rudge, Peter   +5 more
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Demyelinating neuropathy as the initial presentation of familial E200K Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in two patients

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Objective To describe peripheral neuropathy associated with familial Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease. Methods We report two unrelated patients with genetic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with demyelinating peripheral neuropathy as initial presentation, with a ...
Cécile Delorme, Antoine Pégat, Julian Theuriet, Jean‐Philippe Brandel, Emmanuel Roze, Karine Viala, Julie Zyss, Stéphane Thobois, Anthony Fourier, Emilien Bernard, Juliette Svahn, Chloé Laurencin, Paul Jaulent, Christophe Vandendries, Isabelle Quadrio, Virginie Desestret, David Meyronet, Thierry Maisonobe, Stéphane Haïk, Danielle Seilhean   +19 more
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Rapidly progressive dementia: probable sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a Yoruba Nigerian woman with rapidly progressive dementia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that can present with neuropsychiatric features such as dementia; it is a rare cause of rapidly progressive dementia.
A. O. Idowu, A. F. Ogunmodede, A. A. Sanusi, U. C. Eke, S. A. Oyedele, M. B. Fawale, M. A. Komolafe   +6 more
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Transmission of scrapie prions to primate after an extended silent incubation period [PDF]

, 2015
Citation: Comoy, E. E., Mikol, J., Luccantoni-Freire, S., Correia, E., Lescoutra-Etchegaray, N., Durand, V., . . . Deslys, J. P. (2015). Transmission of scrapie prions to primate after an extended silent incubation period. Scientific Reports, 5.
Andreoletti, O., Baron, T., Benestad, S. L., Brown, P., Casalone, C., Comoy, E. E., Correia, E., Dehen, C., Deslys, J. P., Durand, V., Greenlee, J. J., Lescoutra-Etchegaray, N., Luccantoni-Freire, S., Mikol, J., Richt, Juergen A.   +14 more
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