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Diagnosis of Rare Brain Disorder May Take Months

Posted Sep 27 2012 2:01pm
Doctors often initially misdiagnose people with Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, a rare brain disorder caused by misfolded, infectious prion proteins, according to new research.
Source: Reuters Health
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