Olfactory mucosa brushing coupled with RT-QuIC: a potential and innovative test for intravital definite diagnosis of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease

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Starting date
January 1, 2014
Duration (months)
12
Departments
Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences
Managers or local contacts
Zanusso Gianluigi

Aim of the present project is to provide a standard procedure for OM sampling and to analyse the sensitivity and the specificity of OM brushing/RT-QuIC test in a large cohort of patients with sporadic CJD and genetic CJD.
Its purpose is to foster and validate a diagnostic test for the definite intravital diagnosis of Creutzfeldt – Jakob disease (CJD) based on the identification of the pathological prion protein (PrPCJD) in the olfactory mucosa (OM) collected by nasal brushing.

Sponsors:

The Foundation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRM)
Funds: assigned and managed by the department

Project participants

Matilde Bongianni
Temporary Assistant Professor
Michele Fiorini
Scholarship holder
Gianluigi Zanusso
Associate Professor

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  • pdf   Progetto   (pdf, it, 59 KB, 26/03/14)

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