NR ACZE
AU Cutler,N.R.; Brown,P.W.; Narayan,T.; Parisi,J.E.; Janotta,F.; Baron,H.
TI Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a case of 16 years' duration.
QU Annals of Neurology 1984 Jan; 15(1): 107-10
PT journal article
AB A 46-year-old man with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease confirmed postmortem had a 16-year course of very slowly progressing incoordination and mental deterioration, suggesting Alzheimer's disease. The disease course transformed abruptly into a 7-week terminal phase of florid Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Dementing illnesses of unknown cause were present in the patient's paternal lineage.
MH Brain/pathology; Case Report; Chronic Disease; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology; Human; Male; Middle Age
SP englisch
PO USA