Drug-induced Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease-like syndrome: early CSF analysis as useful tool for differential diagnosis

We report the case of a 78-year-old man who showed a subacute onset of severe cognitive impairment, ataxia, tremor, stimulus sensitive myoclonus and hypophonia. Since a few weeks, he received a treatment with a combination of tricyclic antidepressants for mood disorder. The clinical picture mimicked...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Paolini Paoletti, Federico, Di Gregorio, Maria, Calabresi, Paolo, Parnetti, Lucilla
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Unusual Presentation of More Common Disease/Injury
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6301464/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30567187
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-224314
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