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Subacute progressive aphasia: a rare presentation of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease

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Riancho, J., Delgado-Alvarado, M., Fernández-Torre, J.L. et al. Subacute progressive aphasia: a rare presentation of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. J Neurol 263, 600–602 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-016-8054-y

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