A Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Related to Familial Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients

A Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Related to Familial Retinitis Pigmentosa Patients

Similarities between serological alterations and retinal degeneration occurring in natural and experimental CJD and in some forms of human retinal degeneration have recently been reported. In the present paper a family from an areal focal accumulation of CJD in Central Slovakia with 1 histopathologi...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of epidemiology 1988-03, Vol.4 (1), p.55-59
1. Verfasser: Mitrova, E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adult
Central nervous system viral diseases
Creutzfeldt Jakob syndrome
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - etiology
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - genetics
Disease etiology
Disease Susceptibility
Epidemiology
Etiology
Humans
Infections
Lesions
Male
Middle Aged
Nervous system diseases
Pedigree
Retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa - etiology
Retinitis Pigmentosa - genetics
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Similarities between serological alterations and retinal degeneration occurring in natural and experimental CJD and in some forms of human retinal degeneration have recently been reported. In the present paper a family from an areal focal accumulation of CJD in Central Slovakia with 1 histopathologically verified case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and 2 case of retinitis pigmentosa is described. Neuropathological and epidemiological data obtained in investigated patients are discussed from the point of view of a possible relationship between the slow virus infections caused by unconventional agents and degenerative disease affecting the ocular system.
ISSN:0393-2990
0392-2990
1573-7284
DOI:10.1007/BF00152693