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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with extremely long 14-year survival period.

Izaro Kortazar-ZubizarretaRebeca Ruiz-OnandiArrate PeredaYerai VadoGonzalo Gonzalez-ChinchonHasier ErañaGuiomar Perez de NanclaresJoaquín Castilla
Published in: European journal of neurology (2021)
This case is, to our knowledge, the sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patient with the longest survival period ever documented. This surprisingly long duration highlights the importance of histopathological confirmation with brain autopsies for suspected cases, as the disease can easily be misdiagnosed in such slowly progressing cases.
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