Abstract / Description of output
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an infectious, neurodegenerative, protein-misfolding disease, of the prion disease family, originally acquired through ingestion of meat products contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Public health concern was increased by the discovery of human-to-human transmission via blood transfusion. This study has verified a novel genetic marker linked to disease risk.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 91 |
Journal | BMC Medical Genetics |
Volume | 14 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Base Sequence
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Introns
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Odds Ratio
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- RNA Splice Sites
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Type C Phospholipases