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February 07, 2019Case

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with encephalopathy, rigidity, and hyperekplexia

Justin Graveline, Gauruv Bose, Heather J. MacLean
First published February 7, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/CPJ.0000000000000595
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Consider sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in patients with a clinical presentation suggestive of autoimmune encephalomyelitis, but do not withhold immunotherapy pending results of confirmatory CSF testing.

  • Received August 14, 2018.
  • Accepted December 6, 2018.

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