Prion disease resembling frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

Prion disease resembling frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17

OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical features of a familial prion disease with those of frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). BACKGROUND: Prion diseases are not usually considered in the differential diagnosis of FTDP-17, since familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (...

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Main Authors: Nitrini Ricardo, Silva Luís Sidônio Teixeira da, Rosemberg Sérgio, Caramelli Paulo, Carrilho Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli, Iughetti Paula, Passos-Bueno Maria Rita, Zatz Mayana, Albrecht Stephen, LeBlanc Andrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2001-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
prion protein mutation
prion disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
frontotemporal dementia
parkinsonism
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000200001

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