Brain biopsy in patients with suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 735-741

  Heinemann, Uta ^a   Krasnianski, Anna ^a   Meissner, Bettina ^a   Kallenberg, Kai ^a   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^b   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter ^a   Zerr, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain biopsy; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; BRAIN; GERMANY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 55949137467     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/109/10/0735     Document Type: Article

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