Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with focal findings: caveats to current diagnostic criteria

Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with focal findings: caveats to current diagnostic criteria

The clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is largely based on the 1998 World Health Organization diagnostic criteria. Unfortunately, rigid compliance with these criteria may result in failure to recognize sporadic CJD (sCJD), especially early in its course when focal findings predomi...

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Main Authors: Edward C. Mader, Rima El-Abassi, Nicole R. Villemarette-Pittman, Lenay Santana-Gould, Piotr W. Olejniczak, John D. England
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:Neurology International
Subjects:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, sporadic CJD, EEG, periodic sharp wave complexes, epilepsia partialis continua, periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges, MRI
Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni/article/view/4443

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