Isolated myoclonic alien hand as the sole presentation of pathologically established Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a report of two patients

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have many atypical presentations before the development of classic progressive dementia and startle myoclonus. In two patients with pathologically established disease association with a progressive alien hand syndrome was the sole initial manifestation of the disease.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 1997-09, Vol.63 (3), p.404-407
Hauptverfasser:	MacGowan, D J L, Delanty, N, Petito, F, Edgar, M, Mastrianni, J, DeArmond, S J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged alien hand Alzheimer's disease Ataxia Biological and medical sciences clinical presentation Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome - physiopathology Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases Dementia Family medical history Fatal Outcome Female Hand - physiopathology Humans Medical sciences Memory Myoclonus - physiopathology Neurology Patients Perceptual Disorders Short Report
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Zusammenfassung:	Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have many atypical presentations before the development of classic progressive dementia and startle myoclonus. In two patients with pathologically established disease association with a progressive alien hand syndrome was the sole initial manifestation of the disease.
ISSN:	0022-3050 1468-330X
DOI:	10.1136/jnnp.63.3.404