A case of dura mater graft-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 592-593

  Toovey, Stephen ^a   Britz, Marcell ^a   Hewlett, Richard H ^b  

^a Tygerberg Hospital ^*

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN 14 3 3;

ADULT; AKINETIC MUTISM; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN GRAFT; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DURA MATER; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SOUTH AFRICA; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREMOR;

ADULT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DURA MATER; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33746682468     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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