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Spongiform encephalopathy mimicking corticobasal degeneration
Author(s) -
Anschel David J.,
Simon David K.,
Llinas Rafael,
Joseph Jeffrey T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10166
Subject(s) - corticobasal degeneration , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , degeneration (medical) , pathology , presentation (obstetrics) , progressive supranuclear palsy , radiology , disease
Abstract The presentation of subacute spongiform encephalopathies (SSE) is varied. The following case of SSE presented clinically similar to corticobasal degeneration. The SSE diagnosis was suspected because of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and confirmed pathologically. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society