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Rapidly progressive Alzheimer’s disease mimicking Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

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  1. Dept. of Neurology, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Bremserstrasse 79, 67063, Ludwigshafen, Germany

    S. Reinwald & N. Niedermaier MD

  2. National Reference Center, for Prion diseases University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    I. M. Westner MD

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Reinwald, S., Westner, I.M. & Niedermaier, N. Rapidly progressive Alzheimer’s disease mimicking Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. J Neurol 251, 1020–1022 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-004-0480-6

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