Difference between revisions of "Neurodegenerative diseases"

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 ==Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease==
+*Commonly abbreviated as ''CJD''.
 ===General===
-*Commonly abbreviated as ''CJD''.
 *Rare.
 *Incurable disease.
-*Usually diagnosed clinically.
+Usually diagnosed clinically:
-**Characteristic findings:
+*Characteristic findings:
-***Very rapid decline (3-4 months).
+**Very rapid decline (3-4 months).
-***Characteristic (cortex findings on) neuroradiology.
+**Characteristic (cortex findings on) neuroradiology.
-====Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD)====
+====Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease====
-*Associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
+*Abbreviated ''vCJD''.
-*Should sample: spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto83>{{Ref HospAuto|83}}</ref>
+=====General=====
+*Associated with ''bovine spongiform encephalopathy'' ([[AKA]] ''mad cow disease'').
+*Should sample: [[spleen]], [[lymph node]]s, tonsils.<ref name=Ref_HospAuto83>{{Ref HospAuto|83}}</ref>
 ===Microscopic===