A three-sister sibship of Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease with a CJD phenotype

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2133-2137

  Majtenyi C ^a   Brown, P ^b,d   Cervenakova L ^b   Goldfarb, L G ^b   Tateishi, J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

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

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Building 36 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Gerstmann Straussler Scheinker disease; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING;

EID: 0343527421     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.11.2133     Document Type: Article

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