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Variants of PLCXD3 are not associated with variant or sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a large international study.
BMC medical genetics - 7 Apr 2016
Balendra Rubika, Uphill James, Collinson Claire, Druyeh Ronald, Adamson Gary, Hummerich Holger, Zerr Inga, Gambetti Pierluigi, Collinge John, Mead Simon
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BACKGROUND: Human prion diseases are relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disorders which include sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) and variant CJD (vCJD). Aside from variants of the prion protein gene (PRNP) replicated association at genome-wide levels of significance has proven elusive. A recent association study identified variants in or near to the PLCXD3 gene locus as strong disease risk...
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