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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Ann Neurol 29:438-440, Milton,W.J.,et al, 1991
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Article Abstract
We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease showing on magnetic resonance images bilateral increased signal intensity in the basal ganglia on long repetition time images.Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD)is a degenerative process of the brain,induced by a novel infectious agent,and is usually characterized by a rapidly progressive dementia.We report a biopsy-diagnosed patient with CJD with a distinctive magnetic resonance(MR)appearance.
 
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