Zoreh Davanipour

Dietary Risk Factors for Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Confirmatory Case-Control Study

Zoreh Davanipour, Eugene Sobel, Argyrios Ziogas, Carey Smoak, Thomas Bohr, Keith Doram & Boleslaw Liwnicz · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Aims: This study’s primary purpose was to determine whether earlier findings suggesting an association between sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of humans and specific dietary components could be replicated. The a priori hypothes...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7209

Ocular Tonometry and Sporadic Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (sCJD): A Confirmatory Case-Control Study

Zoreh Davanipour, Eugene Sobel, Argyrios Ziogas, Carey Smoak, Thomas Bohr, Keith Doram & Boleslaw Liwnicz · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Aims: To evaluate the hypothesis that sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) may be transmitted through ocular tonometry. Background: The infectious agent of sCJD may be present in the cornea prior to clinical symptoms. Cornea infectiousness has been documented by cornea trans...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7247

Severe Cognitive Dysfunction and Occupational Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Field Exposure among Elderly Mexican Americans

Zoreh Davanipour, Chiu-Chen Tseng, Pey-Jiuan Lee, Kyriakos S. Markides & Eugene Sobel · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Aims: This report is the first study of the possible relationship between extremely low frequency (50-60 Hz, ELF) magnetic field (MF) exposure and severe cognitive dysfunction. Earlier studies investigated the relationships between MF occupational exposure and Alzheimer’s disease...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7317