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Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease after neurosyphilis: just bad luck or misdiagnosed?

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Pubmed search “Neurosyphilis” AND “Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease”. The anatomopathological findings and images were obtained from IBB-NeuroBiobank—ID BB190113—Born-Bunge institute—University of Antwerp.

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    Hannelore Liessens, Sophie Lunskens, Regilio Oedit & Erwig Van Buggenhout

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Liessens, H., Lunskens, S., Oedit, R. et al. Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease after neurosyphilis: just bad luck or misdiagnosed?. Acta Neurol Belg 121, 1083–1085 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-021-01722-1

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