Rapid spongiform degeneration of the cerebrum and cerebellum in Creutzfeldt-Jakob encephalitis: Serial MR findings

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 583-586

  Tzeng, Bing Chang ^a   Chen, Cheng Yu ^a   Lee, Chau Chin ^a   Chen, Fu Hwa ^a   Chou, Ting Ywan ^a   Zimmerman, Robert A ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOPSY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 0030953550     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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