A novel prion protein variant in a patient with semantic dementia

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;88(10):890-892. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-315577. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

Authors

Joanna Kenny^{1

2}, Ione Woollacott³, Carolin Koriath³, Laszlo Hosszu¹, Gary Adamson¹, Peter Rudge², Martin N Rossor³, John Collinge^{1

2}, Jonathan D Rohrer³, Simon Mead^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ MRC Prion Unit, Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
² NHS National Prion Clinic, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE; DEMENTIA; NEUROGENETICS; PRION; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Frontotemporal Dementia / genetics*
Humans
Prion Proteins / genetics*

Substances

PRNP protein, human
Prion Proteins

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