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A case is reported of histopathologically verified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of long duration (more than 3 years) with some clinical peculiarities. The prominent peculiarity was a nearly normal EEG during repeated examinations, even in the terminal stage.
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Malin, J.P., Weißenborn, K., Haas, J. et al. Unusual EEG findings in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. J Neurol 234, 55–58 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00314011
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