Description of the first Spanish case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease with A117V variant: clinical, histopathological and biochemical characterization.

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Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) is a rare neurodegenerative illness that belongs to the group of hereditary or familial Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE). Due to the presence of different pathogenic alterations in the prion protein (PrP) coding gene, it shows an enhanced proneness to misfolding into its pathogenic isoform, leading to prion formation and propagation. This aberrantly...

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