Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with a deletion of two repeats in the prion protein gene

Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1628-1630

  Capellari, S ^a   Parchi, P ^a   Wolff, B D ^b   Campbell, J ^b   Atkinson, R ^c   Posey, D M ^d   Petersen, R B ^a   Gambetti, P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naples Community Hospital Healthcare System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Temple Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PENETRANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037180530     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000035533.86833.28     Document Type: Article

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