The first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Netherlands [6]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 958-960

  Sanchez Juan P ^a,e   Houben, M P W A ^a   Hoff, J I ^b   Jansen, C ^d   Sie, M P S ^a   Van Rijn, M J E ^a   Ironside, J W ^c   Will, R G ^c   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Rozemuller, A ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Mesos Medical Center   (Netherlands)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BABINSKI REFLEX; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34547661908     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0360-3     Document Type: Letter

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