C.EEG | ||||||
Group | Normal (%) | Slow waves (%) | PSWC (%) | |||
sCJD | 11/186 (6) | 154/186† (83) | 67/186 (36) | |||
Other diagnosis | 5/40 (13) | 25/40 (63) | 2/40‡ (5) | |||
Fisher’s exact test | P<0.17 | P=0.009 | P<0.001 |
*Refers to the consensus opinion of a consultant neuroradiologist and consultant neurologist about the diffusion-weighted images of the BG or cerebral cortex.
†Includes patients who had PSWC.
‡One patient had SSPE type complexes, the other hepatic encephalopathy.
BG, basal ganglia; CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; sCJD, sporadic CJD; PSWC, periodic sharp wave complexes; SSPE, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.