Focal dystonia as the presenting sign in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

A. Mark Hellmann, Eldad Melamed*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A variety of movement disorders may occur during the course of prion disease. We describe a unique patient who had focal upper limb dystonia as the presenting symptom of familial codon 200 mutation-positive Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1097-1098
Number of pages2
JournalMovement Disorders
Volume17
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Focal dystonia

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