Centre for diagnosis, treatment and prevention of prion diseases
Federation of neurological, biological and neuropathological departments

Hôpital neurologique et neurochirurgical Pierre Wertheimer 
59 bd Pinel 69677 BRON cedex FRANCE

PRION DISEASES: 
Diagnostic approach and patient management
 

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Introduction to the Federation

Background

Diagnostic approach

Hygiene
 Regulation

Patient management

Bibliography Literature

Internet sites

Classical histology of new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
 (1996)
Amyloid plaque surrounded by vacuoles of spongiform changes

Objectives: information, aids to the diagnosis and management of patients affected by or suspected of Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease and other prion diseases.