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

• Main Authors: Arias-Vasquez Alejandro (Author), Giannattasio Claudia (Author), Green Alison (Author), Bishop Matthew T (Author), Sánchez-Juan Pascual (Author), Poleggi Anna (Author), Knight Richard SG (Author), van Duijn Cornelia M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2007-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...