Increased incidence of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the age groups between 70 and 90 years in Belgium.
peer reviewed ; From 1998 a prospective surveillance study of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been initiated in Belgium. In addition to epidemiological data, information on cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, prion protein gene and brain neuropathology was collected. From 1-1-1998 to 31-12-2004, 188 patients were referred to the surveillance system. In 85 patients a 'definite' diagnosis of sporadic CJD (sCJD) could be made, whereas 26 patients remained 'probable'. We further identified two unrelated patients with an E200K mutation, and two patients with a seven octapeptide repeat insertion in... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2006 |
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Schlagwörter: | Age Distribution / Aged / 80 and over / Belgium / Biological Markers / Cerebrospinal Fluid/metabolism / Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/epidemiology/pathology / Demography / Humans / Incidence / Phenotype / Human health sciences / Neurology / Sciences de la santé humaine / Neurologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26593467 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/61889 |