title: Movement disorders and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a review.
abstract: Movement disorders are reported in a significant number of patients within the course of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Although myoclonus is more frequent, dystonia, choreoathetosis, tremor, hemiballismus, and atypical parkinsonian syndromes have also been reported. In this review, we report the principal movement disorders associated with CJD and evaluate their correlations with neuroradiological and neuropathological findings that could in fact suggest a basal ganglia dysfunction. Further studies are warranted in order to clarify these correlations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Rouen University Hospital, Charles Nicolle, 1 Germont Street 76031 Rouen Cedex, France. david.maltete@chu-rouen.fr
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maltête
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guyant-Maréchal
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mihout
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hannequin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000503:physiopathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D011859:Radiography; D014202:Tremor / Q000503:physiopathology