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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk and PRNP codon 129 polymorphism: necessity to revalue current data.
European journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2005
Mitrová E, Mayer V, Jovankovicová V, Slivarichová D, Wsólová L
Abstract excerpt
The polymorphism at codon 129 (M129V) of the prion protein gene (PRNP) is a recognized genetic marker for susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the Caucasians. The distribution of this polymorphism in healthy individuals provides an important starting point for the evaluation of CJD risk in the general population. Early studies of reference population cohorts demonstrated that methionine/valine...
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