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Prion Disease Is Spreading in Deer. Here's What We Know About the Risk to Humans
They had come across a case of a 72-year-old man who died in 2022 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD, the most common but ...
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A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer
The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.
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MRI Findings Are Often Missed in the Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Background: Establishing a confident clinical diagnosis before an advanced stage of illness can be difficult in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) but unlike common causes of dementia, prion diseases ...
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MRI Findings Are Often Missed in the Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
The scans and corresponding reports of 103 CJD patients were reviewed. The population comprised 91 sCJD, 7 vCJD, 2 iCJD and 3 IPD patients. The number of scans with DWI is shown as is the ...