New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Three case reports from Leicestershire

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 375-378

  Allroggen, H ^a   Dennis, G ^a   Abbott, R J ^a   Pye, I F ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical phenotype; New variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Tonsil biopsy

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLAPSE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; TONSIL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0034060084     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.3.375     Document Type: Article

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