Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Kiran Singh, M.D. [2] Rinky Agnes Botleroo, M.B.B.S.

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Synonyms and keywords: TSE; prion diseases

History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies

Medical Therapy | Primary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Future or Investigational Therapies

Case #1

• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health [3] and the U.S. National Library of Medicine [4]
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• Montagna P, Gambetti P, Cortelli P, Lugaresi E (2003). “Familial and sporadic fatal insomnia”. Lancet Neurol. 2 (3): 167–76. PMID 12849238.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Prusiner SB (2001). “Shattuck lecture–neurodegenerative diseases and prions”. N Engl J Med. 344 (20): 1516–26. PMID 11357156.
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• Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy
• Neurodegenerative Disease.
• Neurodegenerative disease: Encephalopathy.
• American Symposium

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