Racial and ethnic differences in individuals with sporadic Creutzfeldt-jakob disease in the United States of America.

BACKGROUND: Little is known about racial and ethnic differences in individuals with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). The authors sought to examine potential clinical, diagnostic, genetic, and neuropathological differences in sCJD patients of different races/ethnicities. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIP...

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Main Authors: Brian S Appleby, Tonya D Rincon-Beardsley, Kristin K Appleby, Mitchell T Wallin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3377728?pdf=render