New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: neurological features and diagnostic tests

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Zeidler, M [1 ]
Stewart, GE [1 ]
Barraclough, CR [1 ]
Bateman, DE [1 ]
Bates, D [1 ]
Burn, DJ [1 ]
Colchester, AC [1 ]
Durward, W [1 ]
Fletcher, NA [1 ]
Hawkins, SA [1 ]
Mackenzie, JM [1 ]
Will, RG [1 ]
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[1] WESTERN GEN HOSP,NATL CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DIS SURVEILLANCE UNIT,EDINBURGH EH4 2XU,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
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10.1016/S0140-6736(97)07472-2
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Background In April, 1996, ten cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with an apparently new clinicopathological phenotype were published and it was suggested that these new variant cases (nvCJD) might be causally linked to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). There have now been 21 cases of nvCJD in the UK and one case in France. We report clinical features and diagnostic test results of the first 14 cases of nvCJD in the UK. Methods Case ascertainment of CJD was mainly by direct referral from neurologists and neuropathologists. Clinical and investigative details were obtained by interview with patients' relatives and by examination of case notes. Ten cases in this report were examined while alive. Prion protein (PrP) gene analysis was carried out with informed consent from the patient or from a relative. The diagnosis of nvCJD was established histologically. Findings Eight cases were women. Mean age at onset of symptoms was 29 (16-48) years and the median duration of illness was 14 (9-35) months. All patients had early psychiatric symptoms, most often depression, and 13 were seen by a psychiatrist early in the clinical course. Eight patients developed early sensory symptoms which were persistent and often painful. Neurological signs, including ataxia and involuntary movements, developed in all cases and towards the end of the illness, most had akinetic mutism. The electroencephalogram was abnormal in most patients but typical periodic complexes of CJD were not seen in any case. Cerebral imaging was usually normal or showed non-specific abnormalities; in two cases magnetic-resonance imaging scans showed high signal in the thalamus. Interpretation Clinical features in these cases are similar and relatively distinct from other forms of CJD, suggesting that this is a new clinical phenotype consistent with a single strain of infectious agent. There is, however, some overlap with atypical cases of sporadic CJD, and the diagnosis of nvCJD remains dependent on neuropathological confirmation.
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