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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Further Similarities with Kuru

Overview
Journal J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Specialties Neurology
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry
Date 1974 Feb 1
PMID 4362244
Citations 11
Authors
H Adams
E Beck
A M Shenkin
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Abstract

A typical case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is described. Two unusual morphological features-namely, `kuru-like' plaques in the cerebellum and coarsely vacuolated neurones in the striatum-are further similarities between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru.

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