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Discordance of motion artifacts on magnetic resonance imaging in creutzfeldt-jakob disease: comparison of diffusion-weighted and conventional imaging sequences
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Abstract Purpose Motion artifact is problematic in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) because of dementia. The purpose was to compare the occurrence of this artifact between a diffusion-weighted (DW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging sequence and conventional sequences. Materials and methods Ten MR examinations comprising T2-weighted, T1-weighted, DW, and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 30 Apr 2008 7:01:19 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 2 of 49
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Med sci monit 2008; 14(5):cs41-43 "novel prnp mutation in a patient with a slow progressive dementia syndrome"
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Background: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder with a worldwide incidence of 1.5 per million inhabitants. About 10–15% of all cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are of genetic origin and display a large variety in clinical presentation (regarding disease duration, age at onset, and others). The goal of this report...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 8:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 3 of 49
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Tubulovesicular structures are present in brains of hamsters infected with the echigo-1 strain of creutzfeldt-jakob disease agent.
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Related Articles Tubulovesicular structures are present in brains of hamsters infected with the Echigo-1 strain of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease agent. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 2008;68(1):39-42 Authors: Liberski P Tubulovesicular structures (particles; TVS) are virion-like particles 25-30 nm in diameter found by thin-section electron microscopy in brains of all prion diseases including...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sat, 19 Apr 2008 8:34:22 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 4 of 49
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Two cases of variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease reported in spain in 2007 and 2008
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In 2005, the first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) was reported in Spain, in a woman born in 1978 with clinical onset of symptoms in 2004. Recently, two more laboratory-confirmed vCJD cases were reported to the Spanish CJD state registry. ... (Source: Eurosurveillance latest news)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:59:20 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 5 of 49
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Canine mdck cell lines are refractory to infection with human and mouse prions.
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Related Articles Canine MDCK cell lines are refractory to infection with human and mouse prions. Vaccine. 2008 Apr 9; Authors: Polymenidou M, Trusheim H, Stallmach L, Moos R, Julius C, Miele G, Lenz-Bauer C, Aguzzi A Influenza vaccine production in embryonated eggs is associated with many disadvantages, and production in...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 9 Apr 2008 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 6 of 49
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Transcranial ultrasound of the basal ganglia in sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Journal of Neuroimaging, Volume 18, Issue 2, Page 154-157, April 2008. ABSTRACT Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is characterized by the core symptoms of rapid progressive dementia, myoclonus, and typical periodic sharp wave complexes (PSWC) on electroencephalography (EEG). In recent years, imaging techniques have become ... (Source: Journal of Neuroimaging)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sat, 29 Mar 2008 7:20:20 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 7 of 49
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Four separate biochemical subgroups in a selection of cases of creutzfeldt-jakob disease identified
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UK and French researchers have identified four separate biochemical subgroups in a selection of cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The study, published March 14th in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, suggests that these subgroups could represent distinct prionstrains in what is the most common human prion disease. (Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 7:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 8 of 49
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Association between deposition of beta-amyloid and pathological prion protein in sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease.
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Related Articles Association between Deposition of Beta-Amyloid and Pathological Prion Protein in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Neurodegener Dis. 2008 Mar 18; Authors: Debatin L, Streffer J, Geissen M, Matschke J, Aguzzi A, Glatzel M Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) and prion diseases such as sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) share common features concerning...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 9 of 49
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Vision loss due to coincident ocular and central causes in a patient with heidenhain variant creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a degenerative disease of the brain associated with a rapidly progressive spongiform encephalopathy. Visual symptoms and neuro-ophthalmological signs are not infrequent, and presentation to an ophthalmologist may result. A case is reported of an 89-years-old gentleman who presented with a short history of isolated deterioration in...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 17 Mar 2008 3:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 10 of 49
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2 quebec deaths being investigated for cjd: reports
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The deaths of two people in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac St. Jean region in the last few months are being investigated to determine whether they might have contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, reports from the area indicate. (Source: CBC | Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 13 Mar 2008 7:48:52 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 11 of 49
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Pl cmo (2008)2: decontamination of surgical instruments: nice guidance: patient safety and reduction of risk of transmission of cjd via interventional procedures (dh)
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This letter highlights the need for all centres offering neurological and posterior eye surgery to urgently review their imp... (Source: Clinical Governance Sitewide RSS Feed)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 6 Mar 2008 7:03:14 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 12 of 49
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14-3-3 csf levels in sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease differ across molecular subtypes.
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14-3-3 CSF levels in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease differ across molecular subtypes. Neurobiol Aging. 2008 Mar 5; Authors: Gmitterová K, Heinemann U, Bodemer M, Krasnianski A, Meissner B, Kretzschmar HA, Zerr I BACKGROUND: The 14-3-3 protein is a physiological cellular protein expressed in various tissues, and its release to CSF reflects...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 5 Mar 2008 5:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 13 of 49
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Kuru and sporadic cjd prions show equivalent transmission properties
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The prions responsible for kuru have transmission properties that are equivalent to those of sporadic (classical) Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (CJD) prions, the results of an animal study indicate. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 4 Mar 2008 2:36:49 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 14 of 49
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Kuru prions most similar to sporadic cjd prions
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Researchers at the MRC Prion Unit have been able to show that kuru probably originated from an individual with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). (Source: Medical Research Council Research News)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 4 Mar 2008 8:20:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 15 of 49
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Royal veterinary college scientists unravel the mysteries of neurodegenerative diseases, uk
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New research, by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), is unravelling some of the mysteries of how prion diseases like CJD damage brain cells (neurons). The research, published in the online journal BMC Biology, indicates that the presence of prions critically increases the amounts of cholesterol in neurons which triggers the...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 16 of 49
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French medics sued over cjd deaths
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Seven former medical officials are on trial in France following a 17 year investigation into over 100 deaths from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) of young patients treated with contaminated growth hormones. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 7 Feb 2008 6:00:00 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 17 of 49
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French cjd scandal medics sued
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Seven go on trial over the deaths of more than 100 children from the human form of mad cow disease. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:20:55 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 18 of 49
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Prnp m129v homozygosity in multiple system atrophy vs. parkinson’s disease
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Abstract Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology characterized by extrapyramidal, pyramidal, cerebellar, and autonomic dysfunction in any combination. We report a patient with a 4-year history of MSA who developed dementia associated with sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). Our proband was MM homozygous for the M129V polymorphism...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 2:51:06 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 19 of 49
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Codon 129 polymorphism of prion protein gene in sporadic alzheimer’s disease
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European Journal of Neurology, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 173-178, February 2008. Codon 129 polymorphism of the prion protein gene represents a major genetic risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Both CJD and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are brain amyloidoses and it would be possible that codon 129 polymorphism plays a...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 22 Jan 2008 3:23:45 am
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Deadly vcjd makes a comeback in britain
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A new report has reignited fears over another possible outbreak of the deadly Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) in Britain. (Source: News-Medical News Feed)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 3 Jan 2008 8:31:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 21 of 49
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Cjd death 'is no cause for panic'
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A mysterious case of CJD raises the possibility of a new group of people falling prey to the illness. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:08:53 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 22 of 49
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Mad cow disease 'a ticking timebomb'
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FEARS of a new wave of deaths caused by the human form of mad cow disease have been triggered by a type of variant CJD never seen before. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 2 Jan 2008 11:00:00 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 23 of 49
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Tubulovesicular structures are a consistent (and unexplained) finding in the brains of humans with prion diseases.
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Related Articles Tubulovesicular structures are a consistent (and unexplained) finding in the brains of humans with prion diseases. Virus Res. 2007 Dec 27; Authors: Liberski PP, Sikorska B, Hauw JJ, Kopp N, Streihenberger N, Giraud P, Budka H, Boellaard JW, Brown P Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) and Fatal...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 27 Dec 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 24 of 49
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Spontaneous generation of infectious nucleating amyloids in the transmissible and nontransmissible cerebral amyloidoses
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Abstract The unconventional viruses of the transmissible subacute spongiform encephalopathies (kuru-CJD-GSS-FFI-scrapie-BSE) are nucleants spontaneously generated from host precursor proteins altered to β-pleated sheet configuration that polymerize into insoluble infectious amyloid fibrils. Thede novo conversion to infectious amyloids is facilitated or accelerated by many different point mutations causing amino acid changes, a...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sun, 16 Dec 2007 5:52:56 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 25 of 49
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Induction of β(a4)-amyloid in primates by injection of alzheimer’s disease brain homogenate
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Abstract Amyloid plaques, associated with argyrophilic dystrophic neurites, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), but no neurofibrillary tangles, were found in the brains of three middle-aged marmoset monkeys that had been injected intracerebrally (ic) 6–7 yr earlier with brain tissue from a patient with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Such changes were not found...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sun, 16 Dec 2007 5:52:56 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 26 of 49
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A novel mechanism of phenotypic heterogeneity demonstrated by the effect of a polymorphism on a pathogenic mutation in the prnp (prion protein gene)
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Abstract Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a subacute dementing illness originally described in 1986. The phenotypic characteristics of this disease include progressive untreatable insomnia, dysautonomia, endocrine and motor disorders, preferential hypometabolism in the thalamus as determined by PET scanning, and selective thalamic atrophy. These characteristics readily distinguish FFI from other previously...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 4:17:33 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 27 of 49
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[papers] sporadic creutzfeldt jakob disease in two adolescents
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Background: Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is a condition predominantly affecting older age groups, with cases aged less than 45 years rare and an age at onset or death of less than 20 years exceptional. Methods: Data from the systematic study of sporadic CJD in the UK are available from 1970...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 13 Dec 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 28 of 49
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Risk factors for sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Although surgical transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been demonstrated, these iatrogenic cases account for only a small proportion of all CJD cases. The majority are sporadic CJD (sCJD) cases of unknown cause. This study investigated whether some cases classified as sCJD might have an unrecognized iatrogenic basis through surgical...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 12 Dec 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 29 of 49
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No evidence for association between tau gene haplotypic variants and susceptibility to creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Background: A polymorphism at codon 129 of the prion protein gene (PRNP) is the only well-known genetic risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). However, there is increasing evidence that other loci outside the PRNP open reading frame might play a role in CJD etiology as well. Methods: We studied tau...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 11 Dec 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 30 of 49
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Observation: creutzfeldt-jakob disease, prion protein gene codon 129vv, and a novel prpsc type in a young british woman
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Background Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is an acquired prion disease causally related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy that has occurred predominantly in young adults. All clinical cases studied have been methionine homozygotes at codon 129 of the prion protein gene (PRNP) with distinctive neuropathological findings and molecular strain type (PrPSc type...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 31 of 49
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Transfusion transmission of human prion diseases.
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Related Articles Transfusion Transmission of Human Prion Diseases. Transfus Med Rev. 2008 Jan;22(1):58-69 Authors: Zou S, Fang CT, Schonberger LB No transmission through transfusion has been reported for classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Moreover, a series of epidemiological surveillance, case-control, and look-back studies have provided no evidence of such transmission of...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sat, 8 Dec 2007 1:47:38 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 32 of 49
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Creutzfeldt-jakob disease: reflections on the risk from blood product therapy
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Haemophilia, Volume 13, Issue s5, Page 33-40, December 2007. Abstract Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was first described as a clinical entity in the 1920s, first transmitted experimentally in 1968, and first transmitted iatrogenically in 1972 (corneal transplant). Numerous experimental studies in rodents, sheep ... (Source: Haemophilia)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:32:09 am
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National cjd surveillance unit publishes 15th annual report for 2006, uk
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The Fifteenth Annual Report of the National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit was published recently. The report looks back over the period from May 1990 (when the Unit was set up) to 31 December 2006. The report outlines the Unit's work in the clinical surveillance of variant (vCJD), sporadic and iatrogenic...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 3 Dec 2007 8:00:00 am
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[short reports] a novel phenotype of sporadic creutzfeldt jakob disease
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An atypical case of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) is described in a 78-year-old woman homozygous for methionine at codon 129 of the prion protein (PrP) gene. The neuropathological signature was the presence of PrP immunoreactive plaque-like deposits in the cerebral cortex, striatum and thalamus. Western blot analysis showed a profile...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 35 of 49
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Clinicopathologic characteristics of five autopsied cases of dura mater-associated creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Neuropathology, Volume 0, Issue 0, Page ???, -Not available-. We present five cases of dura mater-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (dura-CJD) that were analyzed clinicopathologically and review previous reports. The average age at dura mater transplantation was 54.4 ± 7.3 years, and the average age at CJD onset ... (Source: Neuropathology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 1 Nov 2007 2:46:19 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 36 of 49
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Two different clinical phenotypes of creutzfeldt-jakob disease with a m232r substitution
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Abstract Objective To describe the clinical features of Creutzfeldt- Jakob disease with a substitution of arginine for methionine (M232R substitution) at codon 232 (CJD232) of the prion protein gene (PRNP). Patients and methods We evaluated the clinical and laboratory features of 20 CJD232 patients: age of onset, initial symptoms, duration...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 29 Oct 2007 1:34:23 pm
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Vacuolar degeneration affecting brain macrophages/microglia in variant cjd: a report on two cases
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Abstract We present the neuropathology of two cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) showing significant vacuolar degenerative alterations specifically affecting brain macrophages/microglia within the thalamus and, to a lesser extent, within the neocortical grey matter. Vacuolar degeneration in these cells was extensive, and likely to be associated with the development of...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 18 Oct 2007 4:14:50 pm
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Family friend of john gummer is killed by cjd aged 23
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When Elizabeth Smith celebrated her 21st birthday, she should have been looking forward to the life ahead of her. Instead, it was the day she received a death sentence when doctors told her she had the human form of mad cow disease (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:54:55 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 39 of 49
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[protein synthesis, post-translational modification, and degradation] cross-sequence transmission of sporadic creutzfeldt-jakob disease creates a new prion strain
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The genotype (methionine or valine) at polymorphic codon 129 of the human prion protein (PrP) gene and the type (type 1 or type 2) of abnormal isoform of PrP (PrPSc) are major determinants of the clinicopathological phenotypes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Here we found that the transmission of sCJD...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Fri, 5 Oct 2007 4:00:00 am
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Vcjd 'could be endemic in the uk'
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The human form of mad cow disease could become endemic throughout the UK, a leading scientist warned today. Thousands could be infected with variant CJD without symptoms and blood transfusions from them could spread the disease (Source: the Mail online | Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:59:41 am
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Britain may 'never be rid of vcjd threat' without screening
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VARIANT CJD - the human form of mad cow disease - may never disappear from the UK due to the risks from blood transfusions and surgical equipment, a leading expert in the disease has warned. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:06:48 pm
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$1.5 million 'new innovator' grant from nih for fruit-fly studies of prion proteins
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The National Institutes of Health has selected University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) Assistant Professor of Neurology Pedro Fernandez-Funez to receive a five-year, $1.5 million NIH Director's New Innovator Award.NIH Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni officially announced the 29 recipients of the grants, designed to foster young biomedical researchers...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:00:00 pm
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Creutzfeldt-jakob disease in mexico
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Neuropathology Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 419-428, Oct 2007. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is classified within the group of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE). It is a rapidly progressive illness that affects mental functions. The average age of onset is 50 years. Various tests can help orient the c... (Source: Neuropathology)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 19 Sep 2007 2:54:45 am
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New use for an old drug: flupirtine as a treatment for creutzfeldt-jakob disease
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy that has traditionally been encountered at stable low levels (1 per one million population), has been on the increase in European countries in recent years, conceivably as a result of an epidemic a decade ago of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in British cows...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 1:39:34 am
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Increased frequency of positive family history of dementia in sporadic cjd.
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Related Articles Increased frequency of positive family history of dementia in sporadic CJD. Neurobiol Aging. 2007 Sep 4; Authors: Krasnianski A, von Ahsen N, Heinemann U, Meissner B, Schulz-Schaeffer WJ, Kretzschmar HA, Armstrong VW, Zerr I OBJECTIVE: To analyze whether a positive family history of dementia (PFHD) is more common...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Tue, 4 Sep 2007 4:00:00 am
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Application of atomic dielectric resonance spectroscopy for the screening of blood samples from patients with clinical variant and sporadic cjd
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Background: Sub-clinical variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) infection and reports of vCJD transmission through blood transfusion emphasise the need for blood screening assays to ensure the safety of blood and transplanted tissues. Most assays aim to detect abnormal prion protein (PrPSc), although achieving required sensitivity is a challenge. Methods: We have...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 4:00:00 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 47 of 49
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Discovery of new prion protein may offer insight into mad cow disease
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Scientists have discovered a new protein that may offer fresh insights into brain function in mad cow disease. "Our team has defined a second prion protein called 'Shadoo', that exists in addition to the well-known prion protein called 'PrP' " said Professor David Westaway, director of the Centre for Prions and...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:00:00 pm
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 48 of 49
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Associations of job, living conditions and lifestyle with occupational injury in working population: a population-based study
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Abstract Objectives To assess the roles of job demands, living conditions and lifestyle in occupational injury. Methods The sample included 2,888 workers, aged ≥15 years, randomly selected from the north-eastern France. The subjects completed a mailed questionnaire. Data were analyzed with adjusted odds ratios (ORa) computed with the logistic model. Results In total, 9.2%...
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 8:52:59 am
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - news item 49 of 49
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Fears for blood supplies as cjd test set to cut flow of potential donors
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THE number of blood donors in Scotland is expected to plummet when a test for the human form of mad cow disease is introduced, experts predict. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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RSS Source: Med Worm - CJD (Creutzfeldt-Kakob Disease) Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:46:46 pm
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