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Corticobasal syndrome-like variant of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: clinical description of two cases

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The authors would like to offer their sincere thanks to all patients and their relatives involved in the study. We are very grateful to Gianluigi Zanusso for the detection of the 14-3-3 and tau protein and for the RT-QuIC test.

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    Valentina Arnao, Massimo Gangitano, Fabio Giacalone, Marianna Riolo, Giovanni Savettieri & Paolo Aridon

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Arnao, V., Gangitano, M., Giacalone, F. et al. Corticobasal syndrome-like variant of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: clinical description of two cases. Neurol Sci 36, 1303–1305 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-014-2043-7

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Keywords

  • Apparent Diffusion Coefficient
  • Dystonia
  • Prion Protein
  • Apraxia
  • Alien Limb