Diagnosis of Methionine/Valine Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 24(7): 1364-1366, 2018 07.
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| ID: mdl-29912702
ABSTRACT
A patient with a heterozygous variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with a methionine/valine genotype at codon 129 of the prion protein gene was recently reported. Using an ultrasensitive and specific protein misfolding cyclic amplification-based assay for detecting variant CJD prions in cerebrospinal fluid, we discriminated this heterozygous case of variant CJD from cases of sporadic CJD.
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Assunto principal:
Valina
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Síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob
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Proteínas Priônicas
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Metionina
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article