Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with isolated progressive non-fluent aphasia in a young woman

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Misdiagnosed as Recurrent Stroke: A Case Report

“…The onset of sporadic CJD (sCJD) usually occurs in the seventh decade of life, with a median time to death of 5 months and with 80% of patients dying within 1 year. 1 , 2 ) sCJD is currently incurable. However, an accurate diagnosis in the early stage is crucial to predict the patient’s prognosis and rule out the diagnosis of other treatable diseases.…”

Rare Diseases Day and Brain Awareness Week: the active participation of Neurological Sciences

“…The whole selection with direct links to article full texts in SpringerLink will be available at https://www.springer.com/10072. Table 2 The most read and cited articles selection for the Brain Awareness Week 2019 (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). The current year topic is "Protect your brain."…”

News on the journal Neurological Sciences in 2017

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the main cause of dementia, but rarer alternative diagnosis such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Whipple disease has to be considered [24,25]. Also, dementia with Lewy body (LBD) is often misdiagnosed as AD [26,27].…”