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Brain MRI studies in prion disease

Nature Reviews Neurology volume 6, pages 10–11 (2010)Cite this article

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Prion diseases are fatal and untreatable neurodegenerative brain diseases that can mimic other brain illnesses. Therapies for these conditions are most likely to work in the early stages of the disease, but no simple, early diagnostic tests are currently available. New findings, however, indicate that brain MRI could aid diagnosis.

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Knight, R. Brain MRI studies in prion disease. Nat Rev Neurol 6, 10–11 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2009.212

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