An unusual familial dementia associated with G131V PRNP mutation.

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BACKGROUND: Gerstmann-Struassler-Scheinker disease is one of the familial prion diseases secondary to mutations in the prion protein gene (PRNP). The clinical phenotype has a diverse spectrum and might show variation among cases with the same genotype. We report a patient with G131V mutation in the PRNP gene, who was initially considered to harbor familial Alzheimer's disease, based on the family history,...

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