Heidenhain Variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Brazil: A Case Report

• Glavni autori: Laura Furtado Pessoa de Mendonça (Autor), Pedro Maia Nobre Rocha Saffi (Autor), Luciana Lilian Louzada Martini (Autor), Luciano Farage (Autor), Einstein Francisco Camargos (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare spongiform encephalopathy characterized by a rapid neurodegenerative progress, caused by a misfolded variant of the cellular prion protein (PrP) known as PrPSc. The clinical presentation of sCJD includes a wide range of neurological signs of cortical, subcor...