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Polymorphisms in the prion protein gene and in the doppel gene increase susceptibility for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 May 2004
Croes Esther A, Alizadeh Behrooz Z, Bertoli-Avella Aida M, Rademaker Tessa, Vergeer-Drop Jeannette, Dermaut Bart, Houwing-Duistermaat Jeanine J, Wientjens Dorothee P W M, Hofman Albert, Van Broeckhoven Christine, van Duijn Cornelia M
Abstract excerpt
The prion protein gene (PRNP) plays a central role in the origin of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), but there is growing interest in other polymorphisms that may be involved in CJD. Polymorphisms upstream of PRNP that may modulate the prion protein production as well as polymorphisms in the prio...
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