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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Main Authors: Angela Mammana, Simone Baiardi, Marcello Rossi, Alessia Franceschini, Vincenzo Donadio, Sabina Capellari, Byron Caughey, Piero Parchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-04-01
Series:Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51000