False-positive pulvinar sign on MRI in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1235-1236

  Petzold, Gabor C ^a   Westner, I ^b   Bohner, G ^a   Einhaupl K M ^a   Kretzschmar, H A ^b   Valdueza, J M ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLD SENSATION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR;

EID: 1842475846     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000123265.91365.AF     Document Type: Article

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