A Japanese case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with a point mutation in the prion protein gene at codon 210

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 120-122

  Furukawa, Hisako ^a,b   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^c   Hashiguchi, Hideyuki ^d   Tateishi, Jun ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Shimonoseki Welfare Social Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Dementia; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030587512     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-510X(96)00157-8     Document Type: Article

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