Human prion diseases are sometimes difficult to diagnose because few clinical features distinguish them reliably from other neurological disorders. A new study suggests that analysis of movement disorders might contribute to the clinical differentiation of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease from Alzheimer disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.
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Weller, M., Aguzzi, A. Movement disorders reveal Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. Nat Rev Neurol 5, 185–186 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2009.32
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