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Codon 129 polymorphism of prion protein gene in sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
European journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2008
Poleggi A, Bizzarro A, Acciarri A, Antuono P, Bagnoli S, Cellini E, Forno G Dal, Giannattasio C, Lauria A, Matera M G, Nacmias B, Puopolo M, Seripa D, Sorbi S, Wekstein D R, Pocchiari M, Masullo C
Abstract excerpt
Codon 129 polymorphism of the prion protein gene represents a major genetic risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Both CJD and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are brain amyloidoses and it would be possible that codon 129 polymorphism plays a role in the susceptibility to AD. In order to investigate this polymorphism in AD the distribution of polymorphic codon 129 of the PRNP gene in 194 probable AD and 124...
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