Magnetic ressonance imaging in the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: report of two cases

ABSTRACT Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) is a rare condition caused by a pathogenic prion protein that evolves with rapidly progressive dementia and death. The clinical presentation may sometimes be misleading. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) aids diagnosis with patterns that can guide or confirm c...

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Huvudupphov:	Alan Peres Valente, Paula da Cunha Pinho, Leandro Tavares Lucato
Materialtyp:	Artigo
Språk:	Inglês
Utgiven:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, Departamento de Neurologia Cognitiva e Envelhecimento
Serie:	Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Ämnen:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease prionic disease prion rapidly progressive dementia MRI diffusion DWI basal ganglia cortex
Länkar:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642015000400424&lng=en&tlng=en
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