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10870926

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-28
pubmed:abstractText
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by movement abnormalities and dementia that inevitably progress to death. Familial, infectious, and sporadic forms of the disease are recognized. The worldwide incidence of CJD is estimated at 1:1,000,000 per year, and it affects middle-aged men and women in roughly equal proportions. The disease is caused by a unique infectious vector, the prion, which is a mutant form of a normally occurring cell surface protein found predominantly in the central nervous system. A significant proportion of patients with CJD will have visual disturbances at some point in their illness and may therefore consult a neuro-ophthalmologist. The case of a woman in whom the diagnosis of CJD was not known until autopsy is reported. Early in the course of her disease, she sought ophthalmic consultation because of vision problems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1070-8022
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective loss of the electroretinogram B-wave in a patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't