Case reports of two biopsy-proven patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 651-655

  See, S J ^a   Pan, Andrew ^a   Seah, A ^a   Teo, J ^a   Chan, L L ^a   Wong, M C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dementia; Myoclonus; Prion; Spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGAPORE;

EID: 10344261478     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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