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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 12, Pages 838-841Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.00895.x
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; EEG; prion disease
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Two patients with pathologically confirmed dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) had electroencephalogram recordings reported to show periodic discharges suggestive or typical of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. These findings caused diagnostic confusion and necessitated appropriate precautions for prion disease at postmortem examination. Periodic sharp wave complexes have occasionally been reported in DLB and should not therefore dissuade one from the diagnosis when other clinical and neuropsychological features are consistent with validated diagnostic criteria.
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