Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease: An autopsy case report in tertiary care hospital

• Main Authors: Nitin M Gadgil (Author), Chetan S Chaudhari (Author), Sanjay D Gohil (Author), Alka D Kalgutkar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is the most common prion disease. It is a rare, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by an infectious protein called prion. The diagnosis can be confirmed only by histological examination of brain tissue. Because of the transmissible nature of the disease,...