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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a relatively uncommon human dementia, is caused
by an unconventional slow infectious agent. Several cases of CJD, clinically or
histopathologically diagnosed, have been reported in Korea....
OBJECTIVE: To compare conventional and diffusion-weighted MR imaging in terms of their depiction of the abnormalities occurring in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed the findings of conventional...
Since 1987, dura mater graft-associated iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (dCJD) has been reported in many countries. We report the first case of dCJD in Korea. A 54-yr-old woman, who underwent resection...