A Japanese case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease with a point mutation in the prion protein gene at codon 210.
We screened 111 cases of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and 75 healthy control subjects in Japan to detect possible polymorphisms in their prion protein gene (PRNP). We identified a G-to-A point substitution at codon 210, leading a valine-to-isoleucine change, in a 69-year-old CJD patient. This substitution was not seen in 75 healthy control subjects.
Furukawa
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Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kitamoto
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Hashiguchi
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Tateishi
J
J
D000368:Aged; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011328:Prions / Q000235:genetics*
D015342:DNA Probes; D011328:Prions