Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease as a cause of cognitive decline and seizures in the elderly: Diagnostic pointers and strategy for investigation

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Williams, R ^a   Cresswell, F ^b   McClure, M ^c   Lane, R ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN S 100; VALPROIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 84901201771     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/719583     Document Type: Article

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