Article
The prion diseases: Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker, and related disorders.
Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology - 1 Jan 1998
Mastrianni J A
Abstract excerpt
The prion diseases are an interesting group of neurodegenerative disorders for a variety of reasons. The most obvious is their property of transmissibility, but beyond that they constitute a fascinating example of the diversity of disease expression possible from a common etiologic factor. Though...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Dementia
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Prion Diseases
- Prions
- Repetitive Sequences, Amino Acid
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid