Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting wih alien limb sign

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1040-1042

  Fogel, Brent ^a   Wu, Mark ^a   Kremen, Sarah ^a   Murthy, Kolar ^b   Jackson, George ^a   Vanek, Zeba ^c  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien limb; Corticobasal degeneration; Creutzfeldt Jakob; Magnetic resonance imaging; Video

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33746879890     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20858     Document Type: Article

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