A rare case of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at a remote mountain hospital in the Indian Himalayan Region

• Main Authors: Nitu Sharma (Author), Jitender Kumar Sharma (Author), Ashima Chander (Author), Khushdeep Shergill (Author), Meghna Yadav (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative spongiform encephalopathy that causes neuronal derangement secondary to prion protein. Its initial diagnosis is often complex and challenging due to non-specific clinical presentation, lack of awareness, and low clinical suspicion....