NR AHQS
AU MacGowan,D.J.; Delanty,N.; Petito,F.; Edgar,M.; Mastrianni,J.A.; DeArmond,S.J.
TI Isolated myoclonic alien hand as the sole presentation of pathologically established Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a report of two patients.
QU Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1997 Sep; 63(3): 404-7
PT journal article
AB Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have many atypical presentations before the development of classic progressive dementia and startle myoclonus. In two patients with pathologically established disease association with a progressive alien hand syndrome was the sole initial manifestation of the disease.
MH Aged; Case Report; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*physiopathology; Fatal Outcome; Female; Hand/*physiopathology; Human; Myoclonus/*physiopathology; Perceptual Disorders
AD Department of Neurology, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, USA
SP englisch
PO England