A case of codon 232 mutation-induced Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease visualized by the MRI-FLAIR images with atypical clinical symptoms

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-54

  Saito, Tsugumichi ^a   Isozumi, Kazuo ^a   Komatsumoto, Satoru ^a   Nara, Masaharu ^a   Suzuki, Keiji ^b   Doh Ura, Kastumi ^c  

^a ASHIKAGA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon 232; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; FLAIR images; MRI; Priori protein (PrP) gene

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT MUTATION; RESTLESSNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BRAIN; CODON; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION; PRIONS;

EID: 0034117510     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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