Genetic basis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the United Kingdom: A systematic analysis of predisposing mutations and allelic variation in the PRNP gene

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-264

  Windl, Otto ^a,e   Dempster, Maureen ^a   Estibeiro, J Peter ^a   Lathe, Richard ^a   De Silva, Rajith ^b   Esmonde, Thomas ^b   Will, Robert ^b   Springbett, Anthea ^c   Campbell, Tracy A ^d   Sidle, Katie C L ^d   Palmer, Mark S ^d   Collinge, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PRIONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 2442735162     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050204     Document Type: Article

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