A firm diagnosis of variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD ... with confirmed vCJD and from individuals without neurological disease. With this method they could detect PrPSc in peripheral tissue at ...
The clinical manifestations of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) primarily reflect involvement of the central nervous system. The coexistence of CJD with peripheral nervous system involvement has ...
An effective blood test for these lethal brain diseases could allow for early diagnosis as well as for curbing their transmission. Prion diseases—including variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ...