Panencephalitic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease unusual presentation of magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 157-160

  Shyu, Woei Cherng ^a   Lee, Chau Chin ^a   Hsu, Yaw Don ^a   Lin, Jiann Chyun ^a   Lee, Jiunn Tay ^a   Lee, Wei Hwa ^a   Tsao, Wen Long ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglion; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dementia; MRI; MRS; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTONS;

EID: 0030004674     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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