Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: A disease overview

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-208

  Cyngiser, Tracy A ^a  

^a Orange Coast College   (United States)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD); Dementia; EEG; Prion; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs)

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PREVENTION METHODS; PRION; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES; TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY (TSES); TRANSMISSION MODE;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

CLONAZEPAM; OPIATE; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY;

CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 58149277094     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2008.11079680     Document Type: Review

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