Wernicke encephalopathy-like symptoms as an early manifestation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a chronic alcoholic

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 192-198

  Nagashima, Toshiko ^a   Okawa, Masako ^b   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^c   Takahashi, Hidehiro ^d   Ishihara, Yoshihiro ^e   Ozaki, Yoshimaru ^f   Nagashima, Kazuo ^g  

^a TEINE KEIJINKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon 129Met Val polymorphism; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Insomnia and apnea; Kuru plaques; Wernicke encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONFABULATION; CONFUSION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREMOR; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0033103214     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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