An Unusual Case Of Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease In A Known Case Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection
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https://doi.org/10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S09.547Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a fatal, rapidly progressing, and uncommon neurodegenerative condition characterized by the accumulation of abnormal prion protein (PrPSc) aggregates in the brain that causes gliosis, neuronal loss, and spongiform change. This is about a 17-year-old girl, a known case of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, who presented with complaints of Involuntary movements of both upper and lower limbs classically suggestive of myoclonic jerks with multiple episodes recorded every day, also patient presented with memory loss and progressive diminution of vision. Hereby this article is about a rare case of Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in a patient with HIV infection and the association between variant CJD and HIV infection.
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