Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal neurological disease caused by pathological isoform of the human prion protein. Clinical features of six cases of the sporadic form of CJD with definitive diagnosis by histopathology, and five cases with probable diagnosis were reported in patients treated...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luis Torres-Ramírez, Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones, Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre, Miriam Vélez-Rojas, Martha Flores-Mendoza, Diana Rivas-Franchini, Rafael Suarez-Reyes, Yesenia Núñez-Coronado
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2014-07-01
Series:Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública
Subjects:
Online Access:https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/60