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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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Patients with Prion: Blocking Precautions Epidemiological
Revista de Epidemiologia e Controle de Infecção, 2017 Objective: To present the epidemiological blocking measures carried out in the hospital care of patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Methodology: retrospective case series of four patients admitted to a referral hospital in southern Brazil, from June
Liarine Fernandes Bedin +4 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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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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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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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Case Report and Literature Review for Understanding the Big Picture
Cureus, 2022 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder that has an invariably fatal outcome. Aside from rapidly progressive dementia, this condition manifests as myoclonus, cerebellar, pyramidal, extrapyramidal, visual,
Shubhangi Barnwal +4 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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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and sleep disorders
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2018 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by prion protein infection. Compared with other neurodegenerative diseases, neuronal cell apoptosis in CJD occurs more rapidly.
Jian-nan ZHU +5 more
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