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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Mimicking Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease [PDF]

Archives of Neurology, 2003
The determination of the form of prion disease and early diagnosis are important for prognostic, public health, and epidemiologic reasons.To describe a patient with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) who had a clinical history and initial electroencephalogram and magnetic resonance imaging findings consistent with variant CJD (vCJD).Results of a
Jennifer, Martindale, Michael D, Geschwind, Stephen, De Armond, Geoffrey, Young, W P, Dillon, Roland, Henry, Jane H, Uyehara-Lock, David A, Gaskin, Bruce L, Miller   +8 more
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Iatrogenic CJD due to pituitary-derived growth hormone with genetically determined incubation times of up to 40 years [PDF]

, 2015
Patients with iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease due to administration of cadaver-sourced growth hormone during childhood are still being seen in the UK 30 years after cessation of this treatment.
Adlard, P, Bjurstrom, N, Brandner, S, Caine, D, Collinge, J, Druyeh, R, Hummerich, H, Hyare, H, Jaunmuktane, Z, Lowe, J, Mead, S, Norsworthy, P, Rudge, P, Wadsworth, JD   +13 more
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Related or not? Development of spontaneous Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a patient with chronic, well-controlled HIV: A case report and review of the literature

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2016
Background: We report a novel case of a rare disease: spontaneous Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a patient with well-controlled HIV. We explore the relationship between spontaneous Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease and HIV. Case report: A 66-year-old man with long-
M-Alain Babi, Bryan D Kraft, Sweta Sengupta, Haley Peterson, Ryan Orgel, Zachary Wegermann, Njira L Lugogo, Matthew W Luedke   +7 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and homocysteine levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid [PDF]

, 2005
Background: There is evidence that homocysteine contributes to various neurodegenerative disorders. Objective: To assess the values of homocysteine in patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in both cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma.
Bottiglieri T, Halliwell B, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Inga Zerr, Jens Wiltfang, Markus Otto, Otto M, Stefan Bleich, Stefan Kropp, Ubbink JB, Zerr I, Zerr I   +11 more
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Cross infection control measures and the treatment of patients at risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease in UK general dental practice [PDF]

, 2001
AIMS: To determine the suitability of key infection control measures currently employed in UK dental practice for delivery of dental care to patients at risk of prion diseases.
A Smith, AF Hill, AF Hill, C P Sweeney, CM Van Duijn, DH Adams, DM Taylor, F Blanquet-Gossard, H Ashraf, IF Laurenson, J Bagg, K Arakawa, K M Roy, L Ingrosso, ME Bruce, R Dobson, RG Will, RG Will, RI Carp, RT Johnson, S Collins, T Sharp, Z Davanipour   +22 more
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No Adaptation of the Prion Strain in a Heterozygous Case of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We investigated a clinical case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in a person heterozygous for methionine/valine at codon 129 of the prion protein gene and identified the same strain properties in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in methionine ...
Aileen Boyle, Chris Plinston, Fraser Laing, Graeme Mackenzie, Robert G. Will, Jean C. Manson, Abigail B. Diack   +6 more
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Clinical Features of Rapidly Progressive Alzheimer's Disease [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To characterize clinical features, CSF biomarkers and genetic polymorphisms of patients suffering from a rapidly progressing subtype of Alzheimer's dementia (rpAD).
Ahsen, Nico von, Krack, Lennart, Kretzschmar, Hans, Meissner, Bettina, Redyk, Katharina, Roeber, Sigrun, Schmidt, Christian, Zerr, Inga   +7 more
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The controversial Third Reich history of Hans Creutzfeldt: was he a supporter or just another adept of the “hand washing policy”? [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy whose initial description is associated with two German authors, Alfons Maria Jakob and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt.
Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli CARRILHO, Ricardo NITRINI   +1 more
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Prion diseases are efficiently transmitted by blood transfusion in sheep [PDF]

, 2008
The emergence of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, following on from the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic, led to concerns about the potential risk of iatrogenic transmission of disease by blood transfusion and the introduction of costly ...
Andréoletti, Angela Chong, Bishop, Brown, Castilla, Clarke, Fiona Houston, Goldmann, Goldmann, Goldmann, González, González, Gregori, Gregori, Hadlow, Hewitt, Hill, Hilton, Houston, Houston, Hunter, Ironside, James Foster, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, Kirby, Llewelyn, Lorenzo González, Martin Jeffrey, Mead, Nora Hunter, O'Rourke, Peden, Sandra McCutcheon, Saá, Schreuder, Silvia Sisó, Sisó, Valleron, van Keulen, Wilfred Goldmann, Will, Wroe   +43 more
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Detection of Infectivity in Blood of Persons with Variant and Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
We report the presence of infectivity in erythrocytes, leukocytes, and plasma of 1 person with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and in the plasma of 2 in 4 persons whose tests were positive for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Jean Yves Douet, Saima Zafar, Armand Perret-Liaudet, Caroline Lacroux, Séverine Lugan, Naima Aron, Herve Cassard, Claudia Ponto, Fabien Corbière, Juan Maria Torres, Inga Zerr, Olivier Andreoletti   +11 more
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