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An autopsied case of panencephalopathic-type Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with mutation in the prion protein gene at codon 232 and type 1 prion protein.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Dec 2009
Hama Tetsuo, Iwasaki Yasushi, Niwa Hisayoshi, Yoshida Mari, Hashizume Yoshio, Kitamoto Tetsuyuki, Murakami Nobuyuki, Sobue Gen
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we describe the clinicopathologic findings in a 68-year-old man with panencephalopathic-type CJD with a substitution from methionine to arginine at codon 232 (M232R) in the prion protein (PrP) gene and type 1 PrP. Initial symptoms of the patient were a rapidly progressive memory disturbance and disorientation. The patient showed myoclonus and periodic sharp-wave complexes on electroencephalogram in...
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