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

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • September 1, 1997

Research

keywords

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
  • Hand
  • Myoclonus

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2169703

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0030821254

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1136/jnnp.63.3.404

PubMed ID

  • 9328266

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 63

issue

  • 3