View Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Eeg Triphasic Pictures. It occurs worldwide and has several forms and subtypes. The 'heidenhain variant' is a subclass of patients with cjd, who present with isolated visual symptoms at the onset without any cognitive decline.
Cjd occurs throughout the world at an incidence of one in every one million people.
Among certain populations, such as libyan jews, rates are somewhat higher. The 'heidenhain variant' is a subclass of patients with cjd, who present with isolated visual symptoms at the onset without any cognitive decline. Sporadic, familial, iatrogenic and variant. Standard diagnostic tests will include a spinal tap to rule out more common causes of dementia and an electroencephalogram (eeg) to record the brain's electrical pattern, which can be particularly valuable.
