Associations Between Measures of Disability and Quality of Life at Three Months After Stroke
Journal of Palliative Medicine, Ahead of Print. (Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Source: Journal of Palliative Medicine - August 16, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Victoria A. Chang David L. Tirschwell Kyra J. Becker Glenn B. Schubert Will T. Longstreth Claire J. Creutzfeldt Source Type: research
The advances in the early and accurate diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion diseases: where are we today?
Expert Rev Neurother. 2023 Aug 15:1-15. doi: 10.1080/14737175.2023.2246653. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Before the introduction of MRI diffusion-weighted images (DWI), the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) relied upon nonspecific findings including clinical symptoms, EEG abnormalities, and elevated levels of cerebrospinal fluid 14-3-3 protein. Subsequently, the use of DWI has improved diagnostic accuracy, but it sometimes remains difficult to differentiate CJD from encephalitis, epilepsy, and other dementing disorders. The revised diagnostic criteria include real-time quaking-induced conversion (...
Source: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics - August 15, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: Hitaru Kishida Naohisa Ueda Fumiaki Tanaka Source Type: research
