No evidence for association between <it>tau </it>gene haplotypic variants and susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

• Auteurs principaux: Arias-Vasquez Alejandro (Auteur), Giannattasio Claudia (Auteur), Green Alison (Auteur), Bishop Matthew T (Auteur), Sánchez-Juan Pascual (Auteur), Poleggi Anna (Auteur), Knight Richard SG (Auteur), van Duijn Cornelia M (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: BMC, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A polymorphism at codon 129 of the prion protein gene (<it>PRNP</it>) is the only well-known genetic risk factor for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). However, there is increasing evidence that other loci outside the <i...