Pulvinar Sign in Wernicke's Encephalopathy - MBL Communications
Pulvinar Sign in Wernicke's Encephalopathy - MBL Communications
Pulvinar Sign in Wernicke's Encephalopathy - MBL Communications
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test<strong>in</strong>g for familial forms of prion disorders<br />
(PRNP sequenc<strong>in</strong>g) was not considered useful<br />
due to the negative family history and successful<br />
response to treatment of thiam<strong>in</strong>e deficiency.<br />
DISCUSSION<br />
vCJD is a transmissible prion disorder associated<br />
with consumption of contam<strong>in</strong>ated meat<br />
from cattle suffer<strong>in</strong>g from the Bov<strong>in</strong>e Spongiform<br />
FIGURE 2.<br />
EEG of generalized theta-activity<br />
EEG=electroencephalography.<br />
Schmidt C, Plickert S, Summers D, Zerr I. CNS Spectr. Vol 15, No 4. 2010.<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
<strong>Encephalopathy</strong>. 5 The patients are often young<br />
(around 30 years of age) and present with progressive<br />
psychiatric symptoms, visual disturbance,<br />
ataxia, and dementia. 6 The cumulative<br />
case number is