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Distinct pathological phenotypes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in recipients of prion-contaminated growth hormone.
Acta neuropathologica communications - 25 Jun 2015
Cali Ignazio, Miller Cathleen J, Parisi Joseph E, Geschwind Michael D, Gambetti Pierluigi, Schonberger Lawrence B
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INTRODUCTION: The present study compares the clinical, pathological and molecular features of a United States (US) case of growth hormone (GH)-associated Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (GH-CJD) (index case) to those of two earlier referred US cases of GH-CJD and one case of dura mater (d)-associated CJD (dCJD). All iatrogenic CJD (iCJD) subjects were methionine (M) homozygous at codon 129 (129MM) of the prion protein...
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