Baseline neuropsychological profiles in prion disease predict survival time.
Saranya Sundaram PatelAdam M StaffaroniNicole C WalkerKaitlin B CasalettoMegan CaseyAili GolubjatnikovStacy MetcalfKelly O'LearyKatherine WongKendra BenisanoSven FornerMarta Gonzalez CatalanIsabel E AllenHoward J RosenJoel H KramerMichael D GeschwindPublished in: Annals of clinical and translational neurology (2021)
sCJD participants exhibit a broad range of cognitive impairments, with memory and executive functioning deficits in the vast majority. Neuropsychological assessment, particularly of visuospatial abilities, informs prognostication in sCJD.