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Characteristic CSF prion seeding efficiency in humans with prion diseases.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Feb 2015
Cramm Maria, Schmitz Matthias, Karch André, Zafar Saima, Varges Daniela, Mitrova Eva, Schroeder Bjoern, Raeber Alex, Kuhn Franziska, Zerr Inga
Abstract excerpt
The development of in vitro amplification systems allows detecting femtomolar amounts of prion protein scrapie (PrP(Sc)) in human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We performed a CSF study to determine the effects of prion disease type, codon 129 genotype, PrP(Sc) type, and other disease-related factors...
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