• The same favourable effect in clinical practice comes from the accumulated knowledge of the complex clinical picture of various causes of RPD, associated specific neurological features (pyramidal signs, ataxia, myoclonus) and systematic features (weight loss, hyponatraemia, hepatic disorders) and their mode of progression. (touchneurology.com)
  • Hallmark features of CJD are neuronal vacuolation, neuronal death, and pronounced glial reactions with rapidly progressive dementia, seizures, myoclonus, ataxia and eventually the absence of voluntary movements and speech/akinetic mutism [ 3 ]. (biomedgrid.com)
  • It usually begins with memory loss, followed by rapidly progressing dementia, loss of coordination, slurred speech and myoclonus, and - in the final stages - akinetic mutism, coma and death. (health.gov.au)
  • Nöroloji Kliniği, ANKARA Apatient who was complaining of behavioral changes and forgetfulness, developed over weeks, and diagnosed as probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on akinetic mutism accompanied by generalized myoclonus observed during her examinations and periodic sharp wave discharges in her EEG, is presented in this paper. (dergisi.org)
  • The most frequent signs were myoclonus (75%), gait distur-bance (66%), positive Rapidly progressive dementias are rare, but they can be very distressing for the individual affected and for those that love and care for them. (yamadatsuyoshi.com)