Human prion diseases in the Netherlands (1998-2009): clinical, genetic and molecular aspects.

Prion diseases are rare and fatal neurodegenerative disorders that can be sporadic, inherited or acquired by infection. Based on a national surveillance program in the Netherlands we describe here the clinical, neuropathological, genetic and molecular characteristics of 162 patients with neuropathol...

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Main Authors: Casper Jansen, Piero Parchi, Sabina Capellari, Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas, Maaike Schuur, Rosaria Strammiello, Patrizia Corrado, Matthew T Bishop, Willem A van Gool, Marcel M Verbeek, Frank Baas, Wesley van Saane, Wim G M Spliet, Gerard H Jansen, Cornelia M van Duijn, Annemieke J M Rozemuller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3340342?pdf=render