Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with cerebellar ataxia at onset in the UK

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1273-1275

  Cooper, S A ^a   Murray, K L ^b   Heath, C A ^b   Will, R G ^b   Knight, R S G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33750445915     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.088930     Document Type: Article

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