The first Japanese case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease showing periodic electroencephalogram

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9513, 2006, Pages 874-

  Yamada, Masahito ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3;

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN;

EID: 33644840505     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68344-X     Document Type: Article

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