Autopsy case of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with signs suggestive of brainstem and spinal cord involvement

Neuropathology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 550-556

  Iwasaki, Yasushi ^a,b   Iijima, Masahiro ^a,b   Kimura, Seigo ^a,b   Yoshida, Mari ^c   Hashizume, Yoshio ^c   Yamada, Masahito ^d   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^e   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tokai Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dysesthesia; Microglia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LETHARGY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; OPTIC LOBE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

BRAIN STEM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRIONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33751266274     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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