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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Case series of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a third-level hospital in Quito

Age/Sex

Clinical presentation

Duration of the disease (months)

Triphasic waves in EEG

MRI findings

CSF 14–3-3

Tau protein

Autopsy

Age of death (years)

48/M

Confusion, ataxia, generalized chorea, myoclonus, blurred vision

16

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia

Positive

2130 pg/ml

Positive

49

74/F

Confusion, ataxia, myoclonus, urinary incontinence and psychomotor agitation

10

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia and cortical ribboning

Positive

3967 pg/ml

Not done

74

54/M

Ataxia, confusion, myoclonus and memory impairment

12

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia

Positive

1788 pg/ml

Not done

55

57/M

Blurred vision, vertigo, ataxia and confusion

14

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia and cortical ribboning

Positive

2976 pg/ml

Not done

58

64/F

Headache, vertigo, confusion, memory impairment and urinary incontinence

14

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia and cortical ribboning

Positive

13,357 pg/ml

Not done

65

56/F

Vertigo, ataxia, insomnia, confusion

12

Present

Hyperintensity in basal ganglia and cortical ribboning

Positive

11,770 pg/ml

Not done

56

  1. EEG electroencephalogram, MRI magnetic resonance imaging, CSF cerebrospinal fluid