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Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease presenting with alien limb sign
Author(s) -
Fogel Brent,
Wu Mark,
Kremen Sarah,
Murthy Kolar,
Jackson George,
Vanek Zeba
Publication year - 2006
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.20858
Subject(s) - sign (mathematics) , alien , medicine , disease , degenerative disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , population , environmental health , census
Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease is a fatal spongiform encephalopathy, which typically presents with a rapidly progressing dementia and additional neurological findings that can be quite variable and diverse. Here we report the unusual case of a patient who presented with left alien limb sign without overt cognitive impairment and was ultimately diagnosed with pathologically confirmed Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. © 2006 Movement Disorder Society