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Anthony J. Furlan, MD; Charles E. Henry, PhD; Patrick J. Sweeney, MD; Hiroshi Mitsumoto, MD

Arch Neurol. 1981;38(5):312-314.

Abstract
• Serial EEGs obtained during a sixweek period from a patient with Heidenhain's variant of Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease demonstrated periodic complexes confined to the occipital regions that at no time became generalized. The focal character of the discharges correlated with the site of maximal disease in the occipital cortex, suggesting that cortical damage is a necessary substrate for the production of periodic complexes in Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Educational Foundation.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 8, 1980.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106 (Dr Furlan).