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Diagnostic challenge of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a patient with multimorbidity: a case-report
BMC Neurology, 2023 Background Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative condition caused by prions. The clinical symptoms of CJD vary with its subtype, and may include dementia, visual hallucinations, myoclonus, ataxia,
A. Yaqub +3 more
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Proteomic analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]
, 2007 So far, only the detection of 14-3-3 proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been accepted as diagnostic criterion for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). However, this assay cannot be used for screening because of the high rate of false-positive results,
Brit Mollenhauer +19 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 +9 more
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Status Epilepticus Revealing Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Case Report
Medical Research Archives, 2023 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease of undetermined etiology, In Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome the symptomatology is quite variable and it consist of predominantly progressive dementia with a rapid onset, myoclonus, and also ...
Mabchour E, Maghrabi O, Machrouh W, C. B
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Different forms of the bovine PrP gene have five or six copies of a short, G-C-rich element within the protein-coding exon [PDF]
, 1991 Current models of the virus-like agents of scrapie and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) have to take into account that structural changes in a host-encoded protein (PrP protein) exhibit an effect on the time course of these diseases and the ...
Dawson, M +4 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 +2 more
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Imaging and CSF analyses effectively distinguish CJD from its mimics [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: To review clinical and investigation findings in patients referred to a specialist prion clinic who were suspected to have sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) and yet were found to have an alternative final diagnosis. METHODS: Review the
Collinge, J +4 more
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Alzheimer's Research & Therapy, 2021 Blood neurofilament light (Nfl) and total-tau (t-tau) have been described to be increased in several neurological conditions, including prion diseases and other neurodegenerative dementias.
I. Zerr +9 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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