Role of Stress as a Precipitating Factor of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Case Series
Rita Relvas, Cassiana Vasconcelos, André Buinho, Nuno Monteiro, Sandra Castro Sousa · 2025
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Description
Rita Relvas and co-authors present two cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and ask whether stress helped trigger it, in this 2025 case series. The prion disease is easily mistaken for other neurological and psychiatric conditions, is often recognized late, and has no proven preventive or curative treatment. Its mechanisms remain poorly understood.
The two cases trace the disease's natural history and the hard differential diagnosis it poses. Both also raise the possibility that psychological stress played a role in predisposing to or precipitating the illness. The authors offer the series as a warning about that potential link and as a reminder to consider the diagnosis earlier.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rita Relvas, Cassiana Vasconcelos, André Buinho, Nuno Monteiro, Sandra Castro Sousa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |