A NEW (2-REPEAT) OCTAPEPTIDE CODING INSERT MUTATION IN CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB-DISEASE

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GOLDFARB, LG [1 ]
BROWN, P [1 ]
LITTLE, BW [1 ]
CERVENAKOVA, L [1 ]
KENNEY, K [1 ]
GIBBS, CJ [1 ]
GAJDUSEK, DC [1 ]
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[1] LEHIGH VALLEY MED CTR,DEPT PATHOL,ALLENTOWN,PA
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10.1212/WNL.43.11.2392
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report a family in which the proband died of clinically typical, neuropathologically verified Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; her still-living mother suffers from a progressive dementia of many years' duration, and her maternal grandfather died after a similar illness. The proband, her mother, and two of three young first-degree relatives all have an identical insert mutation in the PRNP gene consisting of a twice-repeated 24-nucleotide sequence in the region between codons 51 and 91.
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