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A case of familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease presenting with dry cough.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 May 2006
Larue Sandrine, Verreault Steve, Gould Peter, Coulthart Michael B, Bergeron Catherine, Dupré Nicolas
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BACKGROUND: Clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is based on the classical triad of rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus and abnormal EEG. The 200k mutation within the gene encoding PrP, located on the short arm of chromosome 20, accounts for more than 70% of families with CJD...
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