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Lack of association between PRNP 1368 polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia.
BMC medical genetics - 8 Apr 2009
Jeong Byung-Hoon, Lee Kyung-Hee, Lee Yun-Jung, Kim Yun Joong, Choi Eun-Kyoung, Kim Young-Hoon, Cho Young-Sook, Carp Richard I, Kim Yong-Sun
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BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms of the prion protein gene (PRNP) at codons 129 and 219 play an important role in the susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and might be associated with other neurodegenerative disorders. Several recent reports indicate that polymorphisms outside the coding region of PRNP modulate the expression of prion protein and are associated with sporadic CJD, although other studies...
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