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Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: co-occurrence of different types of PrP(Sc) in the same brain.
Neurology - 10 Dec 1999
Puoti G, Giaccone G, Rossi G, Canciani B, Bugiani O, Tagliavini F
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic heterogeneity of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) has been linked to biochemically distinct types of the protease-resistant form of the prion protein (type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc)). We investigated 14 cases of sporadic CJD and found that both type 1 and type 2 PrP(Sc) coexisted in 5 subjects. The distinct PrP(Sc) isoforms were associated with different patterns of PrP deposition and severity of...
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