Prion disease

A transmissible, infectious disease that is caused by a protein that is able to induce abnormal folding of normal cellular proteins, leading to characteristic spongiform brain changes, which are associated with neuronal loss without an inflammatory response. Such disorders have typically long incubation periods, but are then generally rapidly progressive and are uniformly fatal.

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Rapidly progressive dementia is mostly intractable and irreversible illness characterized by rapid disease progression within 1 year. The most common cause of rapidly progressive dementia was considered to be prion disease Creutzfeldt-Jak...See More

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