Prion disease resembling frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 59, Issue 2 A, 2001, Pages 161-164

  Nitrini, Ricardo ^a,d   Da Silva, Luís Sidônio Teixeira ^b   Rosemberg, Sérgio ^a   Caramelli, Paulo ^a   Carrilho, Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli ^a   Iughetti, Paula ^a   Passos Bueno, Maria Rita ^a   Zatz, Mayana ^a   Albrecht, Stephen ^a   Leblanc, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt jakob disease; Frontotemporal dementia; Parkinsonism; Prion disease; Prion protein mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONISM; PEDIGREE;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0035377470     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2001000200001     Document Type: Article

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