The oldest old Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease case

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1140-1142

  Buganza, M ^a   Ferrari, S ^b   Cecchini, M E ^a   Orrico, D ^a   Monaco, S ^b   Zanusso, G ^b,c  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c Section of Clinical Neurology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CASE REPORT; CODON; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLIOSIS; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PUNCTURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 70349682750     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.166447     Document Type: Article

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