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. 1975;13(3):251-7.
doi: 10.1159/000114681.

Kuru-plaques in creutzfeldt-jakob disease

J Hayek, J Ulrich

Kuru-plaques in creutzfeldt-jakob disease

J Hayek et al. Eur Neurol. 1975.

Abstract

A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of cerebellar type is reported. In this case the cerebellar cortex exhibited classical Kuru-plaques. From a comparison of this finding with 50 cerebella from senile patients and patients with cerebellar atrophies it is concluded that the Kuru-plaque is specific for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, possible even for its cerebellar variant.

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