Title: A Case of rapidly progressive sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Authors: Taraka Ravi Kiran Komanapalli, Madhavi K, Dhanusha Kumbha, Pothuluraiah Chary Katakam
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i12.122
Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare fatal rapidly progressive dementing disorder. The estimated annual incidence was 0.5 to 1.5 million populations. The illness is relentlessly progressive and generally causes death within 9 months of onset. Most CJD patients presents between 60 and 75 years of age.
Here by we report a case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder.
Keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Prion, Delta activity.
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