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An autopsied case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with mutation in the prion protein gene codon 232 and type 1+2 prion protein.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Oct 2013
Iwasaki Yasushi, Yokoi Fuji, Tatsumi Shinsui, Mimuro Maya, Iwai Katsushige, Kitamoto Tetsuyuki, Yoshida Mari
Abstract excerpt
A 68-year-old Japanese man gradually showed abnormal behavior and gait disturbance with bradykinesia. Slowly progressive dementia, including memory disturbance and disorientation, was also observed. Cerebral cortical hyperintensity on diffusion-weighted MRI was observed 6 months after onset. The patient progressed to an akinetic mutism state with mild myoclonus, and atypical periodic sharp-wave complexes were...
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