Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1995-1999

  Lapergue, B ^a   Demeret, S ^a   Denys, V ^a   Laplanche, J L ^e,f   Galanaud, D ^b   Verny, M ^c   Sazdovitch, V ^b,f   Baulac, M ^d   Haik S ^b,d,f   Hauw, J J ^b,f   Bolgert, F ^a   Brandel, J P ^d   Navarro, V ^d  

^a Medical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^b Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (France)

^c Geriatric Department   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f CNR ATNC InVS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORADIC CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 77953787308     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181e39703     Document Type: Article

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