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Ataxias esporádicas de início no adulto: um desafio diagnóstico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Patients with adult onset non-familial progressive ataxia are classified in sporadic ataxia group. There are several disease categories that may manifest with sporadic ataxia: toxic causes, immune-mediated ataxias, vitamin deficiency, infectious diseases,
Albuquerque, Marcus Vinicius Cristino De   +3 more
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A 50 year old with a rapid neuropsychiatric deterioration and choreaform movements [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A 50-year-old man presented acutely to the hospital with behavioural disturbance, choreiform movements and profound nihilistic delusions. He reported recent drug and alcohol abuse, and also apparent involvement in several recent criminal activities, for ...
Campbell, Stewart   +3 more
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Reversible symptoms and clearance of mutant prion protein in an inducible model of a genetic prion disease in Drosophila melanogaster

open access: yesNeurobiology of Disease, 2014
Prion diseases are progressive disorders that affect the central nervous system leading to memory loss, personality changes, ataxia and neurodegeneration.
A. Murali, R.A. Maue, P.J. Dolph
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Human stem cell-derived astrocytes replicate human prions in a PRNP genotype-dependent manner. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Prions are infectious agents that cause neurodegenerative diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The absence of a human cell culture model that replicates human prions has hampered prion disease research for decades.
Alibhai, James   +9 more
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Rapidly Progressive Corticobasal Degeneration Syndrome

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology, 2011
Introduction: Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) has a heterogeneous clinical presentation with no specific pathologic substratum. Its accurate diagnosis is a challenge for neurologists; in order to establish CBS definitively, postmortem confirmation is ...
Ana Herrero Valverde   +4 more
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Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt- Jakob tipo esporádica: reporte de caso Creutzfeld Jakob Disease: case report

open access: yesInfectio, 2007
Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 65 años de edad con alucinaciones auditivas y visuales, rigidez en el hemicuerpo izquierdo que progresó al hemicuerpo derecho, con demostración por electroencefalograma de ondas trifásicas abundantes lentas ...
VILLAMIL WILMER   +6 more
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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with unusual presentation of peripheral neuropathy and ophthalmoplegia

open access: yesAvicenna Journal of Medicine, 2018
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a well-described disease. It is characterized by rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, ataxia, pyramidal, and extrapyramidal signs.
Mais Arwani   +3 more
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Prions: the danger of biochemical weapons [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The knowledge of biotechnology increases the risk of using biochemical weapons for mass destruction. Prions are unprecedented infectious pathogens that cause a group of fatal neurodegenerative diseases by a novel mechanism.
Xavier, Eric Almeida
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