Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: further similarities with kuru

AUTOR(ES)

Adams, Hume

RESUMO

A typical case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is described. Two unusual morphological features—namely, `kuru-like' plaques in the cerebellum and coarsely vacuolated neurones in the striatum—are further similarities between Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and kuru.

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