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Prion disease: Thorough work-up and new diagnostic criteria needed for CJD
Sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (sCJD), the prototypical rapidly progressive dementia (RPD), is currently untreatable. Because many other conditions can mimic CJD, several of which are treatable or even curable, it is imperative that patients with suspected sCJD be thoroughly evaluated for non-prion diagnoses.
Citation: Perry DC, Geschwind MD. Prion disease: Thorough work-up and new diagnostic criteria needed for CJD. Nat Rev Neurol. 2011;7:479-80.
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Nature Publishing Group
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Nature Reviews Neurology
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09/09/2011