Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Aug 2022)

Systematic review of pharmacological management in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: no options so far?

  • Luiz Henrique Lélis Miranda,
  • André Felipe Pastick de Holanda Oliveira,
  • Davi Mariano de Carvalho,
  • Gustavo Marques Figueredo Souza,
  • João Guilherme Monteiro Magalhães,
  • Joselmo Alberto Cabral Júnior,
  • Pedro Thadeu Mertens Brainer de Queiroz Lima,
  • Renato Melo Aguiar Júnior,
  • Sérgio Pereira Lins Filho,
  • Hugo Moura de Albuquerque Melo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1755341
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 80, no. 08
pp. 837 – 844

Abstract

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Background The Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a spongiform encephalopathy that manifests as a rapidly progressive dementia syndrome. Currently, CJD has no cure, and many patients die within the first year, but some drugs are being studied as options for managing this condition.

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