NR ACDT
AU Calderon-Garciduenas,A.L.; Sagastegui-Rodriguez,J.A.; Canales-Ibarra,C.; Farias-Garcia,R.
TI [A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob in the Mexican north-east and review of current concepts on prion disease]
OT Un caso de Creutzfeldt-Jakob en el noreste de Mexico y revision de conceptos actuales sobre enfermedad por priones
QU Gaceta Medica de Mexico 2001 Nov-Dec; 137(6): 589-94
PT journal article; review; review, tutorial
AB The case reported here is that of a 50-year-old man from Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico, who during the previous 15 months developed a demential syndrome and myoclonia. The brain biopsy led to establish a diagnosis of spongiform encephalopathy. The EEG showed periodic sharp wave complexes over the right hemisphere. A review on about prion diseases is included.
ZR 18
MH Case Report; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*virology; English Abstract; Human; Male; Mexico; Middle Age
AD Departamento de Anatomia Patologica, Hospital de Especialidades 25, Av. Lincoln y Gonzalitos, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. acalder@mail.giga.com
SP spanisch
PO Mexiko