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MHC typing in variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Lancet (London, England) - 8 Feb 2003
Pepys Mark B, Bybee Alison, Booth David R, Bishop Matthew T, Will Robert G, Little Ann-Margaret, Prokupek Bedrich, Madrigal J Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
Identification of factors that cause susceptibility to, and clinical expression of, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) is essential for future management of the disease. We established MHC genotypes of 76 individuals with vCJD and 131 controls, and analysed MHC phenotypes in relation to age of onset of vCJD and its duration from presentation to death. There were no significant differences between vCJD and...
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