[Human spongiform encephalopathies]

Pathol Biol (Paris). 1995 Jan;43(1):6-21.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Clinical descriptions of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by the classical authors are compared with 209 transmitted cases at NIH between 1968-1992. Clinical comparison between Kuru, Gertsmann-Sträussler-Sheinker Syndrome and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Fatal Familial Insomnia is included into the latter. Familial forms: new acquisitions.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / genetics
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / drug therapy
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / etiology*
  • Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / genetics
  • Humans
  • Iatrogenic Disease
  • Kuru / drug therapy
  • Kuru / etiology*
  • Middle Aged

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Amphotericin B