Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) of a short duration with prion protein (PrP) plaques.
We report here PrP-immunohistochemistry performed on brains from CJD cases from Poland. Only one out of five definitive CJD cases exhibited typical PrP-immunoreactive kuru-like plaques and this was case of a short duration. Thus, we confirmed the low percentage of PrP plaques in CJD of Eastern and Central European origin.
Liberski
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Electron Microscopic Laboratory Dept. Oncology Medical Academy, Lódź, Poland.
Kwieciński
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Barcikowska
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Mirecka
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B
Kulczycki
J
J
Kida
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Brown
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Gajdusek
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008875:Middle Aged; D011328:Prions / Q000032:analysis*
D011328:Prions