Increased susceptibility to kuru of carriers of the PRNP 129 methionine/methionine genotype

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 192-196

  Lee, Hee Suk ^a   Brown, Paul ^b   Cervenáková, Larisa ^c   Garruto, Ralph M ^b,d   Alpers, Michael P ^e   Gajdusek, D Carleton ^f   Goldfarb, Lev G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Institute of Medical Research   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; KURU; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AMYLOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CODON; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KURU; MALE; METHIONINE; MUTATION; NEW GUINEA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0035863452     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317935     Document Type: Article

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