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
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Comparative Study
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English Abstract
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Review
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
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Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
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Child
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / drug therapy
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / etiology*
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / genetics
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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / drug therapy
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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / etiology*
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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / genetics
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Humans
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Iatrogenic Disease
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Kuru / drug therapy
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Kuru / etiology*
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Middle Aged
Substances
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Antiviral Agents
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Amphotericin B