Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease-the dilemma of molecular and clinical correlations

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 271-285

  Boellaard, J W ^a   Brown, P ^b   Tateishi, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c Brain Research Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Gerstmann Straussler Scheinker disease; GSSD; Prion diseases; Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHROMOSOME 20; CLINICAL GENETICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AGED; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 20; FEMALE; GERSTMANN-STRAUSSLER-SCHEINKER DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0032589831     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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