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Life Expectancy for Patients With Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

JAMA Neurology 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.2495

July 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This cohort study examines registry data to determine age-specific life expectancies for patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and analyze trends in median survival over the past 30 years.

Corresponding Author: M Arfan Ikram, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC – University Medical Center Rotterdam, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (m.a.ikram@erasmusmc.nl).

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