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A Confusing Sign

MAJ Alan I. Faden, MC; Jeannette J. Townsend, MD

Arch Neurol. 1976;33(4):278-280.

Abstract
• Myoclonus in association with dementia of later adult life has been considered almost pathognomonic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. However, myoclonus may also be seen with Alzheimer disease, and when the myoclonus occurs as an early manifestation of Alzheimer disease, distinction from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may prove difficult.

Author Affiliations
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From the Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco (MAJ Faden), and the Department of Neuropathology, San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital (Dr Townsend). MAJ Faden is now with the Department of Neurophysiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 25, 1975.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurophysiology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20012 (MAJ Faden).

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