Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: an under-recognized cause of dementia

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jan;60(1):156-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03756.x.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / complications*
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Psychometrics / methods*