Detection of prions in skin punch biopsies of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease patients
Abstract Prion real‐time quaking‐induced conversion (RT‐QuIC) is an ultrasensitive assay detecting pathological aggregates of misfolded prion protein in biospecimens. We studied 71 punch biopsy skin samples of 35 patients with Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), including five assessed in vitam. The re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-04-01
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Series: | Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51000 |