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  • Title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a 20-year-old woman.
    Author: Packer RJ, Cornblath DR, Gonatas NK, Bruno LA, Asbury AK.
    Journal: Neurology; 1980 May; 30(5):492-6. PubMed ID: 6988735.
    Abstract:
    A 20-year-old woman developed ataxia, extrapyramidal movements, myoclonus, and progressive dementia. Brain biopsy disclosed status spongiosus, diagnostic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; this is the youngest spontaneous case ever reported. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can occur in young adulthood.
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