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Cortical restricted diffusion as the predominant MRI finding in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder with MR findings predominantly limited to the grey matter of the cortex and the basal ganglia.
Ronald J Sattenberg +4 more
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Detection of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prions in skin: implications for healthcare
Editorial summary Evidence has recently been reported of prion seeding activity in skin tissue from patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). This is relevant information for infection control measures during surgery.
Akin Nihat, Simon Mead
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The physicochemical nature of the infectious agent in prion diseases creates asignificant challenge for decontamination services. It has been shown to be both resistant tostandard methods of decontamination, used to inactivate viruses and bacteria, and ...
Howlin, Robert
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Spatial Epidemiology of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Apulia, Italy
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease caused by prions that is randomly distributed in all countries, with an overall yearly mortality rate of about 1-2 cases per million people.
Capellari, Sabina +13 more
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Updated clinical diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]
Several molecular subtypes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been identified and electroencephalogram and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers have been reported to support clinical diagnosis but with variable utility according to subtype.
Taratuto, A. +26 more
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Human prion diseases can occur as an idiopathic disorder (sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease) or can be acquired, as is the case for variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease.
MacKenzie, Jan +11 more
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Serial EEG findings in sporadic and iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
OBJECTIVE To study temporal and spatial development of EEG patterns in sporadic and iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients. METHODS Temporal and spatial development of EEG patterns in 4 patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and 2 ...
Wieser HG +6 more
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Autoantibodies in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
IMPORTANCE: The diagnosis of autoimmune and neurodegenerative conditions can be unclear. Treatments such as removing the associated tumor, if present, and immunosuppression can halt or often reverse the progression of autoimmune conditions, but there is ...
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