Thalamic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease or fatal insomnia? Report of a sporadic case with normal prion protein genotype

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-322

  Kawasaki, Koichi ^a   Wakabayashi, Koichi ^a   Kawakami, Akio ^b   Higuchi, Masami ^b   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^c   Tsuji, Shoji ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kaetsu Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Fatal insomnia; Prion disease; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DYSAUTONOMIA; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; THALAMUS;

AGED; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIONS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031043128     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050621     Document Type: Article

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