Usefulness of high b-value diffusion-weighted MRI in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Background: Current diagnostic criteria of probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) include a combination of clinical, EEG and analytic data. Recent data indicate that brain MRI including fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) sequences can be a valid and re...

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Main Authors: E. Riva-Amarante, A. Jiménez-Huete, R. Toledano, M. Calero, J. Alvarez-Linera, J. Escribano, M.J. Sánchez Migallón, O. Franch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2011-01-01
Series:Neurología (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173580811700785