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SUBMITTER: Wang LH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3651672 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Leo H LH Bucelli Robert C RC Patrick Erica E Rajderkar Dhanashree D Alvarez Iii Enrique E Lim Miranda M MM Debruin Gabriela G Sharma Victoria V Dahiya Sonika S Schmidt Robert E RE Benzinger Tammie S TS Ward Beth A BA Ances Beau M BM
Journal of neurology 20120912 2
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) that can be difficult to identify antemortem, with definitive diagnosis requiring tissue confirmation. We describe the clinical, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and electroencephalogram (EEG) measures of a small cohort of 30 patients evaluated for RPD. Clinical and diagnostic measures were cross-sectionally obtained from 17 sCJD patients (15 definite, two probable), 13 non-prion rapidly ...[more]