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Focal dystonia as the presenting sign in Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease
Author(s) -
Hellmann Mark A.,
Melamed Eldad
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.10232
Subject(s) - dystonia , disease , movement disorders , medicine , degenerative disease , central nervous system disease , neurological disorder , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology , surgery , psychiatry
A variety of movement disorders may occur during the course of prion disease. We describe a unique patient who had focal upper limb dystonia as the presenting symptom of familial codon 200 mutation‐positive Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease. © 2002 Movement Disorder Society
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