Probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease—a case report at Suez Canal University Hospital, Egypt

Abstract Introduction Among transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease is considered a rare neurodegenerative disorder. The clinical features include rapid progressive dementia and myoclonic jerks, which progresses to death. Case description We report a case of a 65-year-old...

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Main Authors: Mohamed Negm, Ehab Hashish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-019-0085-8