Sporadic creutzfeldt jacob disease

We report a 65-year-old lady who presented with rapidly progressive dementia and was found to have Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). On reviewing the literature, there have been only 3 case reports of CJD from Saudi Arabia. Our aim is to report this rare disease and to include it in the differential...

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Published in:	Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 430 - 432
Main Authors:	Algahtani, Hussein A, Qumosani, Karim M, Khojah, Imad M, Shami, Abdulrahman M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Saudi Arabia 01-10-2008
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Summary:	We report a 65-year-old lady who presented with rapidly progressive dementia and was found to have Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). On reviewing the literature, there have been only 3 case reports of CJD from Saudi Arabia. Our aim is to report this rare disease and to include it in the differential diagnosis of rapidly progressive dementia in our practice.
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ISSN:	1319-6138