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...
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doaj-1e5db681b3ba4dc89532decb538329a82020-11-25T03:26:53ZspaInstituto Nacional de SaludRevista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública1726-46341726-46422014-07-0131210.17843/rpmesp.2014.312.6060Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven casesLuis Torres-Ramírez0Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones1Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre2Miriam Vélez-Rojas3Martha Flores-Mendoza4Diana Rivas-Franchini5Rafael Suarez-Reyes6Yesenia Núñez-Coronado7Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogoDepartamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. médico residente de neurología.Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogo.Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogo.Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogo.Departamento de Neuropatología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. médico patólogo.Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogo.Departamento de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas. Lima, Perú. Médico neurólogo.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 at the Peruvian National Institute of Neurological Sciences. The average age of onset in definite cases was 55.8 years and in probable cases was 59.6, mostly males. The average disease duration was 8.8 months. A typical EEG was found in 50% of definite cases and in 80% of probable. The 14-3-3 protein in cerebrospinal fluid was positive in a probable case, and typical MRI findings were observed in two probable cases. All cases studied had a typical clinical course of the disease, and it is considered as the first report of CJD in Peru.https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/60síndrome de creutzfeldt-jakobenfermedades por priónproteínas prpscprionesperú |
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Luis Torres-Ramírez Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre Miriam Vélez-Rojas Martha Flores-Mendoza Diana Rivas-Franchini Rafael Suarez-Reyes Yesenia Núñez-Coronado |
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Luis Torres-Ramírez Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre Miriam Vélez-Rojas Martha Flores-Mendoza Diana Rivas-Franchini Rafael Suarez-Reyes Yesenia Núñez-Coronado Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública síndrome de creutzfeldt-jakob enfermedades por prión proteínas prpsc priones perú |
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Luis Torres-Ramírez Jorge Ramírez-Quiñones Carlos Cosentino-Esquerre Miriam Vélez-Rojas Martha Flores-Mendoza Diana Rivas-Franchini Rafael Suarez-Reyes Yesenia Núñez-Coronado |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Peru: report of eleven cases |
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creutzfeldt-jakob disease in peru: report of eleven cases |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud |
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Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública |
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1726-4634 1726-4642 |
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2014-07-01 |
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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 at the Peruvian National Institute of Neurological Sciences. The average age of onset in definite cases was 55.8 years and in probable cases was 59.6, mostly males. The average disease duration was 8.8 months. A typical EEG was found in 50% of definite cases and in 80% of probable. The 14-3-3 protein in cerebrospinal fluid was positive in a probable case, and typical MRI findings were observed in two probable cases. All cases studied had a typical clinical course of the disease, and it is considered as the first report of CJD in Peru. |
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síndrome de creutzfeldt-jakob enfermedades por prión proteínas prpsc priones perú |
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https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/60 |
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