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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking corticobasal degeneration

Clinical and MRI data of a case

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  1. Unité de Neuropsychologie, Dépt. de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, BP 217, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    O. Moreaud, A. Monavon & M. P. Brutti–Mairesse

  2. Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition Université Pierre Mendes France, Centre National de la Recherche, Scientifique UMR 5105, Grenoble, France

    O. Moreaud

  3. Service d’IRM, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France

    S. Grand & J. F. Lebas

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Moreaud, O., Monavon, A., Brutti–Mairesse, M.P. et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking corticobasal degeneration. J Neurol 252, 1283–1284 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-005-0828-6

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