Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease-M232R with the cooccurrence of multiple prion strains, M1 + M2C + M2T: Report of an autopsy case

Autor: Masayuki, Shintaku, Takeshi, Nakamura, Daita, Kaneda, Akiyo, Shinde, Hirofumi, Kusaka, Atsuko, Takeuchi, Tetsuyuki, Kitamoto
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of NeuropathologyREFERENCES. 41(3)
ISSN: 1440-1789
Popis: Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD) with a methionine to arginine substitution at codon 232 of the prion protein gene (gCJD-M232R) is rare and has only been reported in Japan. We report an autopsy case of gCJD-M232R showing alleles of codon 129 that were homozygous for methionine and the presence of multiple strains of the protease-resistant, abnormal isoform of prion protein (PrP
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