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Atypical sporadic CJD-MM phenotype with white matter kuru plaques associated with intranuclear inclusion body and argyrophilic grain disease.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Aug 2015
Berghoff Anna S, Trummert Anita, Unterberger Ursula, Ströbel Thomas, Hortobágyi Tibor, Kovacs Gabor G
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We describe an atypical neuropathological phenotype of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a 76-year-old man. The clinical symptoms were characterized by progressive dementia, gait ataxia, rigidity and urinary incontinence. The disease duration was 6 weeks. MRI did not show prominent atrophy or hyperintensities in cortical areas, striatum or thalamus. Biomarker examination of the cerebrospinal fluid deviated...
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