Status Epilepticus Revealing Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Case Report
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چکیده
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare neurodegenerative of undetermined etiology, In syndrome the symptomatology quite variable and it consist predominantly progressive dementia with rapid onset, myoclonus, also cerebellar, pyramidal, extrapyramidal visual signs, evolution this uniformly fatal, most patients die within 12 months, we present case 72 year old women, who was admitted for status epilepticus, She later diagnosed sporadic CJD.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical research archives
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2375-1916', '2375-1924']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i8.3932