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Applicability of long-term electroencephalography in pre-mortem diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: A case report

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease accounts for more than 90% of all sporadic prion disease cases. The molecular MM2 genotype has been divided into cortical and thalamic subtypes based on structures involved and is characterized clinically by progressive dementia
Sanaz Attaripour Isfahani, Michelle Dougherty, Gediminas Peter Gliebus   +2 more
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Movement Disorders in Prionopathies: A Systematic Review

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements, 2019
Background: Movement disorders are frequent features of prionopathies. However, their prevalence and onset remain poorly described. Methods: We performed a systematic review of case reports and case series of pathologically- and genetically confirmed ...
Federico Rodriguez-Porcel, Vinícius Boaratti Ciarlariello, Alok K. Dwivedi, Lilia Lovera, Gustavo Da Prat, Ricardo Lopez-Castellanos, Ritika Suri, Holly Laub, Ruth H. Walker, Orlando Barsottini, José Luiz Pedroso, Alberto J. Espay   +11 more
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The first reported case of Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease from Nepal

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (CJD) can also be diagnosed in a resource‐limited setting through good clinical analysis. The diagnosis of CJD should be considered in patients with rapidly evolving neurological signs associated with cognitive disturbances even
Himal Kharel, Pabitra Adhikari, Nishan B. Pokhrel, Zeni Kharel, Gaurav Nepal   +4 more
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Tissue classification for the epidemiological assessment of surgical transmission of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A proposal on hypothetical risk levels

BMC Public Health, 2005
Background Epidemiological studies on the potential role of surgery in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease transmission have disclosed associations with history of specific surgical interventions or reported negative results.
Calero Miguel, Siden Åke, Mølbak Kåre, de Pedro-Cuesta Jesús, Rábano Alberto, Laursen Henning   +5 more
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A case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2012
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare and fatal disease caused by prions – proteins with unique characteristics and infective potential.
Raoul Pop, Arta Teodorescu, Maria Tanasie, Ruxandra Joikits, Roxana Gheoca, Mihaela Simu   +5 more
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ENFERMEDAD DE JAKOB-CREUTZFELDT. A PROPÓSITO DE UN CASO

Revistas Argentina de Medicina, 2017
La enfermedad de Jakob-Creutzfeuldt esporádica es la más común de las patologías priónicas humanas. Se presenta el caso de una paciente de 59 años de edad internada por trastornos conductuales cognitivos, acompañados de mioclonías y mutismo acinético.
Lucía González, José Fernández, Vanesa Aguilar, Silvana Tobares, Melisa Contreras, Livio Lanciani, Jimena Boccardo, Juan Carlos Giugni   +7 more
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Parkinsonism Associated with Pathological 123I-FP-CIT SPECT (DaTSCAN) Results as the Initial Manifestation of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2018
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a type of progressive, subacute encephalopathy associated with spongiform degeneration of the central nervous system.
Sira Carrasco García de León, Juan Pablo Cabello, Ramón Ortiz, Julia Vaamonde   +3 more
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Probable sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease mimicking focal epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2019
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) presents with seizures as an early symptom in only approximately 3% of cases. These seizures often present as nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) or epilepsia partialis continua (EPC).
Pei-Shan Hsiao, Yuan-Ming Lee, Fu-Sin Chu, Chao-Lin Lee, Fang-Chun Liu, Ping-Huang Tsai   +5 more
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A blood miRNA signature associates with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosis

Nature Communications, 2020
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive dementia. No clinical blood tests are available for diagnosis. The authors identified three miRNAs in whole-blood that are downregulated in sCJD patients, and discriminate sCJD from ...
Penny J. Norsworthy, Andrew G. B. Thompson, Tze H. Mok, Fernando Guntoro, Luke C. Dabin, Akin Nihat, Ross W. Paterson, Jonathan M. Schott, John Collinge, Simon Mead, Emmanuelle A. Viré   +10 more
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease

Acta Medica Bulgarica
Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a rare and fatal human prion disease characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, cerebellar, pyramidal, extrapyramidal, visual, and psychiatric symptoms. These findings are all non-specific and making
Zhelyazkova S., Nachev S., Kalev O., Tournev I.   +3 more
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