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百科

Kuru disease

传染科

Common symptoms

失眠、不自主运动、踝阵挛、颤抖、痴呆、肌阵挛、构音障碍、腱反射亢进、肌肉萎缩

The pathology of disease

Kuru disease is prion disease; Papua New Guinea; ritual cannibalism; adults; cerebellar ataxia; tremor; rare; CSF/MRI; no treatment; supportive; neurology/ID.

Symptoms

Cerebellar ataxia; tremor; adult; Papua; known cannibalism; supportive

Causes

Prion; kuru; rare.

Treatment

Supportive; neurology/ID; fatal

Dept

Neurology / infectious disease.

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