Article
Novel PRNP sequence variant associated with familial encephalopathy.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Dec 1999
Cervenáková L, Buetefisch C, Lee H S, Taller I, Stone G, Gibbs C J, Brown P, Hallett M, Goldfarb L G
Abstract excerpt
Human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are a group of chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorders that may be hereditary, infectious, or sporadic. Hereditary TSEs are associated with mutations in the PRNP gene on chromosome 20p12-pter. We report on a family in which seven patients developed limb and truncal ataxia, dysarthria, myoclonic jerks, and cognitive decline. The age of onset in the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
