title: [Human spongiform encephalopathies].
abstract: Clinical descriptions of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by the classical authors are compared with 209 transmitted cases at NIH between 1968-1992. Clinical comparison between Kuru, Gertsmann-Sträussler-Sheinker Syndrome and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Fatal Familial Insomnia is included into the latter. Familial forms: new acquisitions.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cathala
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D016098:Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007729:Kuru / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B
vernacular_title: Encéphalopathies spongiformes humaines.