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Creutzfeldt-Jakob dementia
1. Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 2. Hospital Casa de Portugal / 3D Diagnóstico por Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. 3. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Mailing Address: Dr. Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro. Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer – Serviço de Radiologia. Rua do Rezende, 156, Centro. R...
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BACKGROUND The determination of the form of prion disease and early diagnosis are important for prognostic, public health, and epidemiologic reasons. OBJECTIVE To describe a patient with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) who had a clinical history and initial electroencephalogram and magnetic resonance imaging findings consistent with variant CJD (vCJD). RESULTS Results of a repeate...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Radiologia Brasileira
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1678-7099
DOI: 10.1590/0100-3984.2014.0109