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Mutation in the prion protein gene at codon 232 in Japanese patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a clinicopathological, immunohistochemical and transmission study.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Nov 1996
Hoque M Z, Kitamoto T, Furukawa H, Muramoto T, Tateishi J
Abstract excerpt
We describe the clinical, neuropathological, immunohistochemical and transmission findings in three patients with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a substitution from methionine to arginine at codon 232 (M232R) in the prion protein (PrP) gene. The patients with M232R presented clinically with rapidly progressive dementia, myoclonus, and periodic synchronous discharges in the electroencephalogram. These...
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