Bioptically confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Clinical findings and MRI characteristics of the Heidenhain variant

Clinical Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Rachinger, Johanna ^a   Aichner, Franz ^a   Weis, Serge ^a   Pichler, Robert ^a   Trenkler, Johannes ^a  

^a KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547922399     PISSN: 09397116     EISSN: 16156706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00062-007-7022-4     Document Type: Article

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