388 top medical experts on Prion Diseases across 40 countries and 29 U.S. states, including 215 MDs (Physicians). This is based on an objective analysis of their Scientific Publications, Clinical Trials, Medicare, and NIH Grants.

  1. Prion Diseases: A group of genetic, infectious, or sporadic degenerative human and animal nervous system disorders associated with abnormal prions. These diseases are characterized by conversion of the normal prion protein to an abnormal configuration via a post-translational process. In humans, these conditions generally feature dementia; ataxia; and a fatal outcome. Pathologic features include a spongiform encephalopathy without evidence of inflammation. The older literature occasionally refers to these as unconventional slow virus diseases. (From Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1998 Nov 10;95(23):13363-83)
  2. Clinical guidelines are the recommended starting point to understand initial steps and current protocols in any disease or procedure:
  3. Broader Categories (#Experts): Central Nervous System Infections (2,940), Neurodegenerative Diseases (2,937) and Narrower Categories: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome (1,211), Fatal Familial Insomnia (327), Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease (514), Kuru (65).
  4. Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov : at least 5 including 1 Completed, 1 Recruiting
  5. Synonyms: Transmissible Dementias,  Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies,  Transmissible Dementias


  

        

                    


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