Age of onset and death in inherited prion disease are heritable

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 496-501

  Webb, T E F ^a   Whittaker, J ^b   Collinge, J ^a   Mead, S ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heritability; Inherited; Prion

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRNP GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; ENGLAND; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 66649107581     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30844     Document Type: Article

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