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Roughly 40 autosomal dominant mutations of the prion protein gene (PRNP) cosegregate with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), fatal familial insomnia, or Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS).1,2 Genetic prion disease in African Americans… Click to show full abstract
Roughly 40 autosomal dominant mutations of the prion protein gene (PRNP) cosegregate with familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), fatal familial insomnia, or Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease (GSS).1,2 Genetic prion disease in African Americans is rarely reported. We sequenced the PRNP coding segment of a 43-year-old African American woman with rapidly progressive dementia and a positive family history of early onset dementia not previously recognized as genetic prion disease.
Journal Title: Neurology: Genetics
Year Published: 2020
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