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A Japanese family with a variant of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 May 1997
Tanaka Y, Minematsu K, Moriyasu H, Yamaguchi T, Yutani C, Kitamoto T, Furukawa H
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A new variant of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS) was reported, which had a substitution of glutamate to lysine at codon 219 (E219K) in addition to a P102L mutation on the same allele of the PrP gene. However, clinical features were not detailed and pathological studies were not done. Unusual clinical, neuroradiological, and pathological findings are reported for these patients. METHODS AND...
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