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A Case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023
A 54-year-old male patient with no concomitant disease presented to the Neurology Clinic of Atatürk University Medical Faculty Hospital with complaints of blurred vision and sleeping difficulty for one week. His neurological examination results were normal, except for a visual field defect in the lower quadrant of the right eye. A slightly hyperintense
Fatma Şimşek, Recep Yevgi
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Developing neuropalliative care for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Prion, 2022
We aimed to identify targets for neuropalliative care interventions in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by examining characteristics of patients and sources of distress and support among former caregivers.
Krista L. Harrison, Sarah B. Garrett, Joni Gilissen, Michael J. Terranova, Alissa Bernstein Sideman, Christine S. Ritchie, Michael D. Geschwind   +6 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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Specific early electroencephalogram for the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [PDF]

Prion
An early diagnosis is required for intervention in prion disease cases. To elucidate the specificity of early electroencephalography discharges in cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, we analysed epileptiform discharges through ...
Taiki Matsubayashi, Hirokazu Natsui, Katsuya Satoh, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Takanori Yokota, Nobuo Sanjo   +5 more
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Interlaboratory validation of cerebrospinal fluid α‐synuclein quantification in the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease

Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2018
Introduction Cerebrospinal fluid α‐synuclein level is increased in sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease cases. However, the clinical value of this biomarker remains to be established.
Niels Kruse, Amanda Heslegrave, Vandana Gupta, Martha Foiani, Anna Villar‐Piqué, Matthias Schmitz, Sylvain Lehmann, Charlotte Teunissen, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Brit Mollenhauer, Inga Zerr, Franc Llorens   +12 more
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Public health concerns regarding sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in China: a case series

Journal of International Medical Research, 2019
In this study, we report three cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in China, two confirmed cases and one probable case. The aim of this study was to enrich the data regarding clinical and epidemiological features of this disease and to provide ...
Ru-Yi Zhou, Yinzhu Zhou, Heng Zhang, Qingqing Hu, Jinjie Zhu, Jin Zhao, Shuilian Chen, Ruchun Liu, Weihong Hu, Xixing Zhang, Xianfa Xuan, Yuxue Liao, Tianmu Chen   +12 more
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Progressive multifocal diffusion-weighted imaging hyperintensities in sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease with positive cerebrospinal fluid real-time quaking-induced conversion: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a rare and invariably fatal neurodegenerative disorder classified among the prion diseases. Primarily affecting the brain, this condition precipitates neuronal cell demise, culminating in swiftly advancing dementia
Puyu Li, Wenjing Wang, Lingzhi Li, Keding Cheng, Ying Wang, Yuanyuan Li, Wei Xu   +6 more
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in Palestine with early ataxia and dysarthria: a case report [PDF]

BMC Neurology
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by misfolded prion proteins. It progresses inexorably to death once clinical symptoms emerge.
Anita S. Bahbah, Esra’a O. Kurdi, Darwish M. Mosameh, Baraa M.M. Sharawi, Mohammed Damrah   +4 more
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Diagnosis of Methionine/Valine Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
A patient with a heterozygous variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a methionine/valine genotype at codon 129 of the prion protein gene was recently reported.
Daisy Bougard, Maxime Bélondrade, Charly Mayran, Lilian Bruyère-Ostells, Sylvain Lehmann, Chantal Fournier-Wirth, Richard S. Knight, Robert G. Will, Alison J.E. Green   +8 more
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [PDF]

Brain
Abstract Although neuropsychiatric symptoms are not part of diagnostic criteria for sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease a few retrospective studies and our clinical experience have suggested they are prominent and often occur early. The objective of our study was to assess prospectively the neuropsychiatric features in sCJD
Zitser J, Forner S, Wong K, Chengshi J, Neuhaus J, Martindale J, Raudabaugh BJ, Benisano K, Goodman-O'Leary K, Metcalf S, Kim MO, Hakimi M, Allen IE, Miller BL, Rosen HJ, Rankin KP, Geschwind MD.   +16 more
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