[Prion disease--the present status and recent progress in Japan].

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There have been identified 1051 cases of prion dsease in Japan since 1999 by the surveillance committee, of which idiopathic prion disease held 77.8%, hereditary 15.9% and infectious 6.6%. Idiopathic prion disease is sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) and most sCJD cases were classified into MM1 presenting with classical clinical features. MM2, MV2, VV1 and VV2 sCJD cases were rare and showed atypical...

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