White matter lesions in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. A short review.
This short review takes in consideration the role played by the cerebral white matter in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and analyzes three different hypotheses on the meaning of the involvement of the white matter only as secondary phenomenon or as primary neuropathological damage related to the causative agent(s) of the disease.
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Istituto di Neurologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
Macchi
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Pocchiari
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D001253:Astrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans