A case of steroid-responsive encephalopathy with positive 14-3-3 protein of the cerebrospinal fluid clinically resembling Creutzfelt-Jakob disease

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 618-622

  Utsumiya, Kanae ^a   Arakawa, Ryuki ^a   Fujimoto, Shin ^a,b   Ueyama, Hidetsugu ^a   Kumamoto, Toshihide ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ueo Memorial Hospital

Author keywords

14 3 3 protein; Creutzfelt Jakob disease; Flutter like oscillation; Steroid responsive encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; PROTEIN 14 3 3;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 4844227344     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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