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No evidence for association between tau gene haplotypic variants and susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
BMC medical genetics - 11 Dec 2007
Sánchez-Juan Pascual, Bishop Matthew T, Green Alison, Giannattasio Claudia, Arias-Vasquez Alejandro, Poleggi Anna, Knight Richard S G, van Duijn Cornelia M
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BACKGROUND: A polymorphism at codon 129 of the prion protein gene (PRNP) is the only well-known genetic risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). However, there is increasing evidence that other loci outside the PRNP open reading frame might play a role in CJD aetiology as well. METHODS: W...
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