Familial prion diseases in the basque country (Spain)

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 103-109

  Zarranz, Juan J ^a   Digon, Anton ^b   Atarés, Begoña ^b   Arteagoitia, José M ^d   Carrera, Nieves ^a   Fernández Manchola, Iñaki ^a   Fernández Martínez, Manuel ^a   Fernández Maiztegui, Covadonga ^a   Forcadas, Isabel ^a   Galdos, Luis ^a   Ibáñez, Agustín ^a   Lezcano, Elena ^a   Martí Massó, José F ^a   Mendibe, María M ^a   Urtasun, Miguel ^a   Uterga, Juan M ^a   Saracibar, Nieves ^c   Velasco, Fernando ^a   González De Galdeano, Luis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^c Hospital Santiago   (Spain)

^d Service of Epidemiology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Creutzfeldt jakob disease; D178n mutation; E200k mutation; Fatal familial insomnia; Prion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRION DISEASE; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRION DISEASES; REGISTRIES; SPAIN;

EID: 10844250074     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081057     Document Type: Article

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