Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with the R208H mutation in the prion protein gene

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 905-907

  Capellari, S ^a   Cardone, F ^b   Notari, S ^a   Schinina M E ^c   Maras, B ^c   Sita D ^d   Baruzzi, A ^a   Pocchiari, M ^b   Parchi, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Spedali Riuniti di Pistoia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 14644435705     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000152837.82388.DE     Document Type: Article

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