Further evidence validating tests for both sporadic or classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant CJD (vCJD) has been reported in 2 new studies, both published recently in JAMA Neurology. The ...
In early 2019, officials at a hospital in the small Canadian province of New Brunswick noticed that two patients had contracted an extremely rare brain condition known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or ...
September 27, 2012 — Making an early and accurate diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is easier said than done, a new study shows. Researchers from University of California San ...
Everything was normal for Arlene VonMyhr, until it wasn’t. VonMyhr, 55, and her husband, Gary, celebrated the University of Michigan clinching a national championship on Jan. 8. That night, she woke ...
The Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is a much-publicized prion disease that is linked to infection with BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) prions and is distinct from sporadic or ...
Five hundred people in a small Canadian province were diagnosed with a mystery brain disease. What would it mean for the patients if the disease was never real? In early 2019, officials at a hospital ...
Because of the apparent similarity to CJD, Marrero had been reporting these cases to Canada's Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System, or CJDSS. But the results had been coming back negative.