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Pruritus in familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a common symptom associated with central nervous system pathology.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2011
Cohen Oren S, Chapman Joab, Lee Hedok, Nitsan Zeev, Appel Shmuel, Hoffman Chen, Rosenmann Hanna, Korczyn Amos D, Prohovnik Isak
Abstract excerpt
Pruritus, a common feature of animal prion diseases such as scrapie, is rarely reported in humans with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and its anatomical background is not well defined. The present study was undertaken to carry out a methodical prospective search for the prevalence of pruritus in CJD patients and investigate its anatomical substrate by MRI. The study group included consecutive familial and...
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