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Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (codon 200 mutation) with supranuclear palsy.
JAMA - 4 Nov 1992
Bertoni J M, Brown P, Goldfarb L G, Rubenstein R, Gajdusek D C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify a possible gene defect in a large kindred with atypical Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). SUBJECTS: Over 360 kindred members, with and without progressive dementia. METHODS: Family, hospital, and clinic records were reviewed. The DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded brain tissue of two deceased patients, and from blood leukocytes of nine healthy persons at risk. DNA was subjected to...
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