Autopsy case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with Met/Val heterozygosity at codon 129 and type 1 protease-resistant prion protein presenting some florid-type plaques and many Kuru plaques in the cerebellum

Neuropathology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-317

  Kawauchi, Yoko ^a,d   Kamitani, Toshiaki ^a   Yagishita, Saburo ^b   Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ^c   Kishida, Hitaru ^a  

^a Yokohama Miyazaki Hospital of Neurosurgery   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Matsudo Neurology Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon 129; Creutzfeldt Jakob disease; Florid type plaque; Kuru plaque; Type 1 protease resistant prion protein

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KURU; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLUM; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KURU; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIONS; SENILE PLAQUES; VALINE;

EID: 33746129139     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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