University of Toronto Neurology Grand Rounds: Dr Gabor Kovacs

Speaker: Gabor Kovacs MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor, University of Toronto; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Department of Medicine/Division of Neurology; PI UofT Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CRND)
Consultant Neuropathologist/Neurologist, University Health Network (UHN); Laboratory Medicine Program and Krembil Brain Institute; Faculty/Neurologist, Edmond J. Safra Program in Parkinson's Disease; Co-Director Rossy Program for PSP research

TITLE: Rapidly progressive dementia: causes and diagnostic approach

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1.    To define rapidly progressive dementia and its causes
2.    To understand the clinical relevance of molecular subtypes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
3.    To interpret laboratory tests available for the clinical practice