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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2023 Background Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disorder, with few months as a usual duration from onset to death. Case presentation In this case report, a patient of Sporadic CJD (sCJD) who presented one month after severe ...
Taha K. Alloush +5 more
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after COVID-19: infection-induced prion protein misfolding? A case report
Prion, 2022 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, fatal disease presenting with rapidly progressive neurological deficits caused by the accumulation of a misfolded form (PrPSc) of prion protein (PrPc).
Andrea Bernardini +6 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 The relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and neurodegenerative diseases is yet to be fully clarified.
Gabriela Almeida Pimentel +3 more
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CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME OF GENETIC ORIGIN: SERIES OF CASES IN THE ARGENTINIAN PATAGONIA [PDF]
BAG. Journal of Basic and Applied Genetics, 2020 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an uncommon neurodegenerative disorder with an incidence of 1 per 1,000,000 in humans per year, typically characterized by rapidly progressive dementia, ataxia, myoclonus and behavioral changes.
Exeni Díaz G. +3 more
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2016 Las enfermedades priónicas son alteraciones neurodegenerativas raras que ocurren en todo el mundo y afectan tanto a humanos como a animales. En el presente artículo, se reporta un caso con diagnóstico confirmado de enfermedad esporádica de Creutzfeldt ...
Kevin Escandón-Vargas +2 more
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The Changing Face of Paediatric Human Growth Hormone Therapy
Endocrines, 2022 Human growth hormone (hGH) has been used therapeutically to promote growth in children for over 60 years. Pituitary-extracted hGH has demonstrated positive growth promotion since the early 1960s.
Martin O. Savage
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International Journal of Medical Students, 2016 Background: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a prion disease characterized by misfolded proteins that lead to neurodegeneration and inevitable death. Classic sporadic CJD presents primarily with cognitive symptoms and ataxia without visual impairment ...
Arthur Joseph +4 more
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MRI and clinical syndrome in dura materrelated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, 2009 OBJECTIVE: Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (iCJD) is mainly associated with dura mater (DM) grafts and administration of human growth hormones (hGH). Data on disease course in DM-CJD are limited. We describe the clinical and diagnostic findings in this patient group with special emphasis on MRI signal alterations. METHODS: Ten DM-CJD patients were
Meissner, B +12 more
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A Creutzfeldt-Jakob like syndrome due to lithium toxicity. [PDF]
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1988 Two patients with lithium toxicity presented with a neurological syndrome suggesting a diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. In both cases, the initial EEG was consistent with this diagnosis. Neither patient had permanent neurological sequelae and the EEG returned to normal.
S J, Smith, R S, Kocen
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An Atypical Presentation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease With a Heidenhain Variant and Balint's Syndrome [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is known for a rapidly progressive decline in cognitive functions due to an underlying infection from a prion. This case involves a unique and atypical variant of CJD that was difficult to diagnose for the investigating medical teams.
Gupta, Abhishek, Dhingra, Anurag
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