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Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Turkish Jews-demographic and clinical features.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2022
Menendez Leslie, Milo Ron, Cohen Oren S, Chapman Joab, Rosenmann Hanna, Nitsan Zeev, Kahana Esther, Appel Shmuel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The largest cluster of genetic Creutzfeldt- Jakob Disease (CJD) exists in Libyan Jews carrying the E200K mutation in the PRNP gene. However, there is another cluster of genetic CJD with E200K mutation in families of Turkish-Jewish origin. AIMS: In this retrospective study, we aim to describe the demographic and clinical features of this population of patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The Israeli...
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