Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting as refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 345-348

  Shapiro, Janet M ^a   Shujaat, Adil ^a   Wang, Jill ^a   Chen, Xiaowei ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Prion; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; APHASIA; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATALITY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; PARESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE DISEASE;

AGED; APHASIA; BIOPSY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; PARESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE DISEASES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 16644364392     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066604269771     Document Type: Article

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