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Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease presenting as severe depression: a case report

BACKGROUND: An 81 year old female presented with altered mental status after new onset of severe depression and suicidal ideation with recent psychiatric hospitalization. CASE PRESENTATION: Key clinical features included muscle rigidity, prominent startle reflex, and rapidly progressing cognitive de...

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Autores principales: Cumbler, Ethan, Furfari, Kristin, Guerrasio, Jeannette
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2642786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19193205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-122