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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

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