Phenotypic variability in fatal familial insomnia (D178N-129M) genotype

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1398-1405

  Zerr, I ^a   Giese, A ^b   Windl, O ^b   Kropp, S ^b   Schulz Schaeffer, W ^b   Riedemann, C ^b   Skworc, K ^b   Bodemer, M ^b   Kretzschmar, H A ^b   Poser, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BRAIN TISSUE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSAUTONOMIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031743279     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.5.1398     Document Type: Article

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