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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with a codon 210 mutation: first pathological observation in a Japanese patient.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2014
Tajima Yasutaka, Satoh Chika, Mito Yasunori, Kitamoto Tetsuyuki
Abstract excerpt
We herein report a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a V210I mutation and discuss the pathological findings. The patient's clinical course was quite similar to that of patients with sporadic CJD. Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) disclosed a high signal intensity in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortices. Pathologically, spongiform degeneration of neurons and their processes with...
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