Absence of mutations in the prion-protein gene in a large cohort of HMSN patients

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 549-551

  Koop, Olga ^a   Timmerman, Vincent ^b   De Jonghe, Peter ^b   Ringelstein, Bernd ^a,c   Young, Peter ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c Leibniz Institute for Atherosclerosis Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA mutational analysis; Genetic polymorphism; Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies; Prion disease

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

COHORT STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HEREDITARY MOTOR AND SENSORY NEUROPATHIES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PRIONS;

EID: 22744438868     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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