Distribution of the M129W polymorphism of the prion protein gene in a Turkish population suggests a high risk for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 965-968

  Erginel Unaltuna, Nihan ^a   Peoc’h, Katell ^b   Komurcu, Evrim ^a   Acuner, Tufan Tevfik ^c   Issever, Halim ^d   Laplanche, Jean Louis ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Bakirkoy Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Gene; Genetic; Polymorphism; Population; Prion; PRNP; Turkey

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MUTATION; PRION; RISK;

ADULT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; RISK; TURKEY;

EID: 0035544643     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200754     Document Type: Article

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