Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
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Web Resources for Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
ICD 10 code: A81
Relevant Clinical Literature
UK Guidance
Other Wikis
Medpedia on Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (Less technical, good quality control)
Wikipedia on Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (Less technical, ? quality control)
The Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) are:
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
- At least 5 variants
- new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(nvCJD)
- Kuru
- Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) Ten to 15% of TSE is due to disease-specific mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP)[1]
- Autosomal dominant CJD
- Genetic TSE patients with insert mutation in the PRNP[2]
- Gerstmann-Staussler-Scheiner disease(GSS)
- Fatal familial insomnia (FFI)
- Prion protein cerebral amyloid angiopathy (PrP-CAA).
Management of Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
References
- ↑ Kovacs GG, Puopolo M, Ladogana A, Pocchiari M, Budka H, van Duijn C, Collins SJ, Boyd A, Giulivi A, Coulthart M, Delasnerie-Laupretre N, Brandel JP, Zerr I, Kretzschmar HA, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Calero-Lara M, Glatzel M, Aguzzi A, Bishop M, Knight R, Belay G, Will R, Mitrova E; EUROCJD. Genetic prion disease: the EUROCJD experience.Hum Genet. 2005;118(2):166-74.
- ↑ Kovacs GG, Puopolo M, Ladogana A, Pocchiari M, Budka H, van Duijn C, Collins SJ, Boyd A, Giulivi A, Coulthart M, Delasnerie-Laupretre N, Brandel JP, Zerr I, Kretzschmar HA, de Pedro-Cuesta J, Calero-Lara M, Glatzel M, Aguzzi A, Bishop M, Knight R, Belay G, Will R, Mitrova E; EUROCJD. Genetic prion disease: the EUROCJD experience.Hum Genet. 2005;118(2):166-74.
