Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Hong Kong.
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Two elderly patients presented with rapidly progressive dementia and their electroencephalograms showed periodic discharges. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was pathologically confirmed in one of the patients. Striking clinical features and characteristic electroencephalograms should prompt the clinical diagnosis in most patients.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi
دوره 3 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997