Pearls & Oy-sters: rapidly progressive dementia: prions or immunomediated?

Neurology. 2014 Apr 29;82(17):e149-52. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000354.

Authors

Francesco Cavallieri¹, Jessica Mandrioli, Manuela Tondelli, Francesca Vitetta, Carlotta Stipa, Stefano Vallone, Eleni Georgoulopoulou, Filippo Barbi, Rocco Liguori, Piero Parchi, Paolo Nichelli

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Neuroscience (F.C., J.M., M.T., F.V., S.V., E.G., F.B., P.N.), S. Agostino-Estense Hospital and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena; and IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna and Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM) (C.S., R.L., P.P.), University of Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 24778290
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000354

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

14-3-3 Proteins / metabolism
Aged
Antibodies / metabolism
Dementia / complications*
Dementia / diagnosis
Dementia / etiology
Dementia / immunology*
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Disease Progression
Electroencephalography
Female
Humans
Immunomodulation
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / immunology*
tau Proteins / blood
tau Proteins / cerebrospinal fluid

Substances

14-3-3 Proteins
Antibodies
Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
tau Proteins