The heidenhain variant of creutzfeldt-jakob disease: Clinical, pathologic, and neuroimaging findings

Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-102

  Jacobs, Dina A ^a   Lesser, Robert L ^b   Mourelatos, Zissimos ^a   Galetta, Steven L ^a   Balcer, Laura J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Heidenhain variant; Homonymous hemianopsia; MRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975528989     PISSN: 10708022     EISSN: 15365166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041327-200106000-00008     Document Type: Article

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