Genetic prion disease: the EUROCJD experience. (2005)
Kovács, G G, Puopolo, M, Ladogana, A, Pocchiari, M, Budka, H, Van Duijn, C M, ...
A total of 10-15% of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) or prion diseases are characterised by disease-specific mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP). We examined the...
Ladogana, A, Puopolo, M, Croes, E A, Budka, H, Jarius, C, Collins, S, ...
BACKGROUND: An international study of the epidemiologic characteristics of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) was established in 1993 and included national registries in France, Germany, Italy, the...
Pocchiari, M, Puopolo, M, Croes, E A, Budka, H, Gelpi, E, Collins, S, ...
A collaborative study of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies has been carried out from 1993 to 2000 and includes data from 10 national registries, the majority in Western Europe. In this...
S. Poser, M. Bartl, U. Jastrow, K. Körtner, B. Mollenhauer, M. Schneider-Dominco, ...
An epidemiological study was performed in Germany during the last 10 years to establish the frequency of Creutzfeldt-Jakob-disease (CJD). 1487 cases were reported as suspected CJD. 488 of these were...
Otto, M., Wiltfang, J., Schuetz, E., Zerr, I., Otto, A., Pfahlberg, A., ...
Bieschke, J., Giese, A., Schulz-Schaeffer, W., Zerr, I., Poser, S., Eigen, M., ...
A definite diagnosis of prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) relies on the detection of pathological prion protein (PrPSc). However, no test for PrPSc in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)...
Bieschke, J., Giese, A., Schulz-Schaeffer, W., Zerr, I., Poser, S., Eigen, M., ...
A definite diagnosis of prion diseases such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD) relies on the detection of pathological prion protein (PrPSc). However, no test for PrPSc in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)...
Hashimoto's encephalitis as a differential diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Seipelt, M, Zerr, I, Nau, R, Mollenhauer, B, Kropp, S, Steinhoff, B, ...
OBJECTIVES—During an epidemiological study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Germany, Hashimoto's encephalitis was encountered as a differential diagnosis, which has not yet been described in this...
Tschampa, H, Neumann, M, Zerr, I, Henkel, K, Schroter, A, Schulz-Schaeffer, W, ...
OBJECTIVES—To describe the clinical presentation of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) who were suspected of having Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and to...
Akinetic mutism as a classification criterion for the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Otto, A., Zerr, I., Lantsch, M., Weidehaas, K., Riedemann, C., Poser, S.
OBJECTIVES—Among the classification criteria for the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, akinetic mutism is described as a symptom which helps to establish the diagnosis as possible or...