Open AccessCase series of probable sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from Eastern India
Author(s) -
Atanu Biswas,
Namrata Khandelwal,
Alak Pandit,
Arijit Roy,
Deb Sankar Guin,
Goutam Gangopadhyay,
Asit Kumar Senapati
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.120486
Subject(s) - medicine , creutzfeldt jakob syndrome , dementia , magnetic resonance imaging , disease , neurology , autopsy , electroencephalography , pediatrics , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , radiology , prion protein , psychiatry
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rapidly progressive, fatal, transmissible neurodegenerative disorder caused by prion protein. It is still considered rare in countries like India. This is probably due to nonavailability of autopsy studies in majority of the center. The recent European diagnostic criterion for sporadic CJD (sCJD) is useful for making an early diagnosis.