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Isolated spasticity in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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The content of this article is a case report based on the medical history and the medical record of a patient who was treated in hospital (Department of Neurology, University Bonn, Germany). Details that might disclose the identity of the patient were omitted. We performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Milena Marek, Thomas Klockgether & Sebastian Paus

  2. Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany

    Horst Urbach

  3. Department of Neurology, University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straße 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Inga Zerr

  4. Department of Neuropathology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Straße 23, 81377, München, Germany

    Hans Kretzschmar

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Marek, M., Klockgether, T., Urbach, H. et al. Isolated spasticity in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Neurol 260, 654–655 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6746-5

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