Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: An outpatient presentation

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-24

  Moriner, Gayle M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob; Dementia; EEG; Encephalopathy; Myoclonus; Prion; Spongiform

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFUSION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; OUTPATIENT; PRION DISEASE; SEIZURE;

EID: 0034028611     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2000.11079281     Document Type: Article

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