title: Focal dystonia as the presenting sign in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
abstract: A variety of movement disorders may occur during the course of prion disease. We describe a unique patient who had focal upper limb dystonia as the presenting symptom of familial codon 200 mutation-positive Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
mesh_terms: D003062:Codon; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D017354:Point Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D003062:Codon