In the case definition, CJD is categorized as definite, probable, and possible: Definite CJD requires biopsy evidence of spongiform degeneration, protease-resistant prion protein (PrP), and scrapie ...

A 53 year-old woman developed a rapidly progressive dementia over three months associated with prominent myoclonic jerks. Over the following month, she became bed bound and mute. Creutzfeldt-Jakob ...

Thirty years ago, I cared for a patient in his early 60s who presented with a rapidly progressive dementia suggestive of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). He had ataxia, akinetic mutism, and a field ...

Blaire Smith-Bathgate, RGN, AdvDMT, is nurse practitioner, The National CJD Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is one of a ...

Human prion diseases are sometimes difficult to diagnose because few clinical features distinguish them reliably from other neurological disorders. A new study suggests that analysis of movement ...