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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with a V203I homozygous mutation in the prion protein gene.
Prion - 1 Jan 2014
Komatsu Junji, Sakai Kenji, Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Sugiyama Yu, Iwasa Kazuo, Yamada Masahito
Abstract excerpt
We report a Japanese patient with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a V203I homozygous mutation of the prion protein gene (PRNP). A 73-year-old woman developed rapidly progressive gait disturbance and cognitive dysfunction. Four months after the onset, she entered a state of an akinetic mutism. Gene analysis revealed a homozygous V203I mutation in the PRNP. Familial CJD with a V203I mutation is rare, and all...
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