Diagnostic challenge of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease revealed by a psychiatric presentation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
² Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
³ Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.

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Maud Pichon et al. Psychogeriatrics. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;25(1):e13232.

doi: 10.1111/psyg.13232.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
² Department of Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.
³ Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Victor Dupouy, Argenteuil, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: dementia; depressive disorder; neurodegenerative disease; prion; sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease.

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