Prion Diseases

By watching this video you can learn about all the types of prion diseases common in humans, their pathological features, epidemiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, differential diagnosis and diagnostic findings. Timeline: 0:00 - Features of prion diseases 1:12 - Introduction to human prion diseases 1:37 - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD): Etiology 3:03 - CJD: Epidemiology 4:03 - Pathological features 5:18 - Sporadic CJD 7:50 - Familial CJD and GSS 8:37 - Fatal familial insomnia 8:57 - Variant CJD 9:25 - Differential diagnosis 11:04 - Imaging and diagnosis