Rapidly progressive Alzheimer's disease mimicking Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [4]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1020-1022

  Reinwald, Susanne ^a   Westner, Ingo M ^b   Niedermaier, Nikolaj ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 4344705152     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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