Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease electrocardiogram
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]
Overview
Overview
EEG findings are not diagnostic of CJD, but may help in the diagnosis of CJD. Periodic synchronous discharges (PSDs) occur either before or in synchronicity with myoclonus. Typical EEG findings in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease include periodic biphasic or triphasic sharp wave complexes (PSWCs). Periodic sharp wave complexes can differentiate sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (present waves) from familial and variant types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion diseases (absent waves).
Electroencephalography
- EEG findings are not diagnostic of CJD, but may help in the diagnosis of CJD.
- Periodic synchronous discharges (PSDs) occur either before or in synchronicity with myoclonus.[1]
- Typical EEG findings in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease include periodic biphasic or triphasic sharp wave complexes (PSWCs).
- Periodic sharp wave complexes can differentiate sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (present waves) from familial and variant types of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and other prion diseases (absent waves).[2]
References
References
- ↑ Hayashi, R.; Hanyu, N.; Kuwabara, T.; Moriyama, S. (1992). “Serial computed tomographic and electroencephalographic studies in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease”. Acta Neurol Scand. 85 (3): 161–5. PMID 1574996. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Steinhoff, BJ.; Zerr, I.; Glatting, M.; Schulz-Schaeffer, W.; Poser, S.; Kretzschmar, HA. (2004). “Diagnostic value of periodic complexes in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease”. Ann Neurol. 56 (5): 702–8. doi:10.1002/ana.20261. PMID 15449324. Unknown parameter
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