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Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with an R208H-129V haplotype and Kuru plaques.
Archives of neurology - 1 Mar 2006
Basset-Leobon Céline, Uro-Coste Emmanuelle, Peoc'h Katell, Haik Stéphane, Sazdovitch Véronique, Rigal Mathieu, Andreoletti Olivier, Hauw Jean-Jacques, Delisle Marie-Bernadette
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical and neuropathological features in the first patient seen, to our knowledge, with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and an R208H mutation associated with a Val/Val homozygosity at codon 129 in the prion protein gene (PRNP) and a type 2 protease-resistant prion protein. PATIENT AND RESULTS: A 61-year-old man with a long-standing history of memory loss and emotional disorders had...
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