Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with visual blurring, diplopia and visual loss: Heidenhain's variant

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 854-856

  Lee, Kim En ^a   Loh, N K ^b   Tan, A K Y ^b   Lee, W L ^b   Tjia, H T L ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

14 3 3 protein; Dementia; Focal periodic sharp waves; Hemianopia; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; DIPLOPIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0032198049     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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