Endpoint quaking-induced conversion: a sensitive, specific, and high-throughput method for antemortem diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

K Cheng, R Vendramelli, A Sloan, B Waitt… - Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The Prion Laboratory Section of the Public Health Agency of Canada supports
heath care professionals dealing with patients suspected to have Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease …

Prospective study demonstrates utility of EP-QuIC in Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease diagnoses

SLR Simon, A Peterson, C Phillipson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Prospectively acquired Canadian cerebrospinal fluid samples were used to assess the
performance characteristics of three ante-mortem tests commonly used to support diagnoses …

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a young girl with unusually long survival

CE D'Arcy, A Bitnun, MB Coulthart… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rapidly progressive, fatal degenerative
encephalopathy caused by a pathologically altered form of the prion protein (PrP). CJD is …

[PDF][PDF] Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease: An Unusual Presentation of Corticobasal Syndrome

GP Gosden, L Okromelidze, SJS Sandhu… - Cureus, 2020 - cureus.com
Corticobasal syndrome is an atypical parkinsonian syndrome consisting of a constellation of
clinical findings that can be the result of various etiologies. While most cases are a result of a …

Creutzfeldt-Jakob and Prion diseases

CS Gass, A Verma - Clinical Neuropsychology - torrossa.com
THE SAGE HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY 478 somatic mutation in the
neuronal PRNP or a rare de novo conformational change in the native PrPc molecule …

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: The search for definitive diagnostic tests continues

MB Coulthart, BM Ances - Neurology: Clinical Practice, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), particularly its predominant sporadic form (sCJD), is the
prototype of human prion diseases—a small family of rare, fatal, and untreatable …