Mutation of the Prion Protein in Libyan Jews with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease

Karen Hsiao; Zeev Meiner; Esther Kahana; Carin Cass; Irit Kahana; Dana Avrahami; Guglielmo Scarlato; Oded Abramsky; Stanley B. Prusiner; Ruth Gabizon

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Mutation of the Prion Protein in Libyan Jews with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease

Hsiao K
Meiner Z
Kahana E
et al.

New England Journal of Medicine (1991) 324(16) 1091-1097

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199104183241604

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Abstract Background. Creutzfeldt—Jakob disease is a transmissible neurodegenerative disorder that occurs more than 100 times more frequently among Libyan Jews than in the worldwide population. We e...

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Hsiao, K., Meiner, Z., Kahana, E., Cass, C., Kahana, I., Avrahami, D., … Gabizon, R. (1991). Mutation of the Prion Protein in Libyan Jews with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 324(16), 1091–1097. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199104183241604

Mutation of the Prion Protein in Libyan Jews with Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease

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