Sep 27, 2024 · Prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, are the misshaped proteins responsible for causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases. Present as very rapidly progressive dementias.

Mar 6, 2025 · As doenças do príon (ou encefalopatias espongiformes transmissíveis) são um grupo de doenças neurodegenerativas invariavelmente fatais caracterizadas por demência progressiva e disfunção motora. Essas doenças ocorrem nas formas espontânea, genética e adquirida. Os pacientes comumente apresentam alterações da personalidade ou …

Sep 27, 2024 · Prions, or proteinaceous infectious particles, are the misshaped proteins responsible for causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or prion diseases. Present as very rapidly progressive dementias.

Mar 7, 2025 · Las enfermedades priónicas (o encefalopatías espongiformes transmisibles) son un grupo de enfermedades neurodegenerativas por igual mortales que se caracterizan por la demencia progresiva y las disfunciones motoras. Estas enfermedades se manifiestan de forma espontánea, genética o adquirida. Con frecuencia, los pacientes presentan cambios de …

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 …

Mar 19, 2025 · Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable, toxin-mediated bacterial disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Outbreaks occur across the globe in populations with low vaccine coverage. Sporadic cases occur in settings where vaccine coverage is high, mainly focused among vulnerable individuals who have arrived from places of higher risk. Respiratory …

Dec 24, 2024 · Central sleep apnea (CSA) is characterized by repetitive apneas or hypopneas with absent or diminished respiratory effort during sleep, occurring 5 or more times per hour. Important to search for underlying disorders such as congestive heart failure (CHF), renal failure, stroke, brainstem lesions...

Nov 4, 2022 · Actinic keratosis (AK) lesions are skin-colored, yellowish, or erythematous, ill-defined, irregularly shaped, small, scaly macules or plaques localized in sun-exposed areas of the body. Typically, they occur in middle-aged or older men with light-colored skin and a history of chronic sun exposure. They have the potential to progress into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Dec 24, 2024 · Central sleep apnoea (CSA) is characterised by repetitive apnoeas or hypopnoeas with absent or diminished respiratory effort during sleep, occurring 5 or more times per hour. Important to search for underlying disorders such as congestive heart failure (CHF), renal failure, stroke, brainstem lesi...

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