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Serial evaluation of swallowing function in a long-term survivor of V180I genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Prion - 1 Dec 2020
Kunieda Kenjiro, Hayashi Yuichi, Yamada Megumi, Waza Masahiro, Yaguchi Tomonori, Fujishima Ichiro, Shimohata Takayoshi
Abstract excerpt
Swallowing function in long-term survivors with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) remains unknown. Herein, we demonstrated serial evaluation of swallowing function in a case with V180I genetic CJD (gCJD) using videofluoroscopic examination of swallowing (VF). A 69-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of bradykinesia and memory disturbances 4 months after the onset of symptoms. Neurological...
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