Clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Accuracy based on analysis of autopsy-confirmed cases

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Iwasaki, Yasushi ^a   Mimuro, Maya ^b   Yoshida, Mari ^b   Sobue, Gen ^c   Hashizume, Yoshio ^b  

^a Oyamada Memorial Spa Hospital   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical diagnosis; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Diagnostic criteria; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myoclonus; Periodic sharp wave complexes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149279288     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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