@article{e3fe42dbe1a8470297b34a6e71c92ccf,
title = "Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and optic atrophy",
abstract = "A 49-year-old man developed ataxia, myoclonic jerks, cortical blindness, and dementia. In 3 1 2 months, he rapidly deteriorated and died. Clinical and autopsy diagnosis confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The eyes were examined and bilateral optic atrophy was noted. No other ocular changes were noted. Optic atrophy had not been noted before death.",
author = "Lesser, {R. L.} and Albert, {D. M.} and Bobowick, {A. R.} and O'Brien, {F. H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Neurologic examination in November 1974 showed intact mental status, some ataxia of gait, and a few rare myoclonic jerks of the arms, but was otherwise not remarkable. Visual acuity in each eye was 6/6 (20/20). He had cogwheeling eye movements and a patchy left homonymous defect From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Dr. Lesser), Neurology (Dr. Bobowick), and Neurosurgery (Dr. O'Brien), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and the Howe Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School (Dr. Albert), Boston, Massachusetts. This study was supported by Connecticut Lions Eye Research, Inc. and Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.",
year = "1979",
month = mar,
doi = "10.1016/0002-9394(79)90070-9",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "87",
pages = "317--321",
journal = "American journal of ophthalmology",
issn = "0002-9394",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "3",
}