Prion disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice Prion diseases are a group of rare, uniformly fatal neurodegenerative diseases In humans they occur in three forms: sporadic (85% to 90% of cases), genetic (10% to 15%), and acquired (<1%) Prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, are the misshaped proteins responsible for causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases
Doença de príon - Sintomas, diagnóstico e tratamento - BMJ Best Practice VS is principal and co-investigator on several research grants through the University of Alberta, to study prion disease and related neurodegenerative diseases VS has one patent approved for the development of IgE-based prion therapy VS is currently a site lead for the Ionis PrProfile trial
Síntomas, diagnóstico y tratamiento - BMJ Best Practice VS is principal and co-investigator on several research grants through the University of Alberta, to study prion disease and related neurodegenerative diseases VS has one patent approved for the development of IgE-based prion therapy VS is currently a site lead for the Ionis PrProfile trial
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice Campylobacter infection is one of the leading causes of acute diarrhoea worldwide and is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of acute gastroenteritis in developed countries
Prion disease - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice Prion diseases are a group of rare, uniformly fatal neurodegenerative diseases In humans they occur in three forms: sporadic (85% to 90% of cases), genetic (10% to 15%), and acquired (<1%) Prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, are the misshaped proteins responsible for causing transmis
Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment - BMJ Best Practice Giardiasis is an enteric infection caused by a eukaryotic, flagellated, binucleated protozoan parasite called Giardia duodenalis (formerly known as Giardia lamblia or Giardia intestinalis)
Trachoma - Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment | BMJ Best Practice US Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with particular serovars of Antibiotics, in conjunction with facial cleanliness campaigns and environmental improvements targeted at communities at risk, aim to reduce the reservoir of infection within a population
Evaluation of hyperprolactinemia - BMJ Best Practice Hyperprolactinemia is a condition of elevated serum prolactin (PRL) Normal PRL levels in women and men are <25 micrograms L (500 milliunits L) and 20 micrograms L (400 milliunits L), respectively