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Investigations

Authoring team

The aim of investigations in Creutzfeldt Jakob disease are to exclude treatable conditions:

  • MRI of the brain:
    • high signal in the posterior thalamus may be seen in new variant CJD
  • lumbar puncture with immunoassay for 14-3-3 protein
  • EEG
  • prion protein gene analysis

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