A Rare Case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Reported from Nepal

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2021 Sep 17

PMID 34532050

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Authors

Durga Neupane

Prashant Kumar Gupta

Sushil Sharma Subedi

Dilip Gupta

Sunit Chhetri

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Abstract

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, though rare, should be considered in the clinical picture of rapidly progressive dementia and absence of verbal response as evident in our case despite the absence of typical radiological picture.

Citing Articles

A rare case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease reported from Nepal.

Neupane D, Gupta P, Subedi S, Gupta D, Chhetri S Clin Case Rep. 2021; 9(9):e04804.

PMID: 34532050 PMC: 8436889. DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.4804.

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