Case series of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a third-level hospital in Quito

Case series of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a third-level hospital in Quito

Abstract Background Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that affects mammals and humans. The prevalence of this disease in the United States is 0.5 to 1 per million inhabitants. So far in Ecuador, we do not know what the prevalence or incidence is, and only one c...

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Main Authors: Germaine Eleanor Torres Herrán, Andrés Damián Ortega Herrera, Braulio Martinez Burbano, Marcos Serrano-Dueñas, María Angélica Ortiz Yepez, Raúl Alberto Barrera Madera, Luis Alfredo Masabanda Campaña, Guillermo David Baño Jiménez, Denny Maritza Santos Saltos, Edgar Patricio Correa Díaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Prion protein
Rapidly progressive dementia
14–3-3 protein
Tau protein
RT-QuIC
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-018-1061-0

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