Isolated myoclonic alien hand as the sole presentation of pathologically established Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a report of two patients.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may have many atypical presentations before the development of classic progressive dementia and startle myoclonus. In two patients with pathologically established disease association with a progressive alien hand syndrome was the sole initial manifestation of the disease.
Medical subject headings
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Hand
- Myoclonus