Progressive Stroke-Like Symptoms in a Patient with Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder in which accumulation of a pathogenic isoform of prion protein (PrPSc) induces neuronal damage with distinct pathologic features. The prognosis of sCJD is devastating: rapid clinical decline is followed by death generally...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2010-03-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/289177 |