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[Molecular genetics in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Dec 1994
Kitamoto T
Abstract excerpt
Recent molecular genetic studies revealed that human prion protein (PrP) gene has a large repertoire of polymorphisms and mutations. Each variant PrP seems to correspond to the distinct type of prion diseases. We report herein that it is useful to classify prion diseases into Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) type or Gerstmann-Sträussler syndrome (GSS) type, based on the distribution of PrP in the central nervous...
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