Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a Dutch patient with a novel five octapeptide repeat insertion and unusual cerebellar morphology

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1386-1389

  Jansen, C ^a   Van Swieten, J C ^b   Capellari, S ^c   Strammiello, R ^c   Parchi, P ^c   Rozemuller, A J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCTAPEPTIDE; PRION PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PRIONS; PURKINJE CELLS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 72449134421     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.169359     Document Type: Article

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