Is ataxic gait the predominant presenting manifestation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? Experience of 14 Chinese cases from Taiwan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 53-60

  Liou, Horng Huei ^a   Jeng, Jiann Shing ^a   Chang, Yang Chyuan ^a   Chen, Rong Chi ^a   Yip, Ping Keung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ataxic gait; Chinese from Taiwan; Creutzfeld Jakob disease; Prion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030245916     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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