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- Prion disease represents a group of conditions that affect the nervous system in humans and animals. In people, these conditions impair brain function, causing ...
- As its name suggests, a Huntington's disease-like (HDL) syndrome is a condition that resembles Huntington's disease. Researchers have described four HDL ...
- ... been identified in people with familial forms of prion disease, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker ... of the PRNP gene variants that cause familial prion disease change single amino acids in PrP. Other variants ...
- ... PRNP gene may modify the course of Wilson disease. The PRNP gene provides instructions for making prion protein, which is active in the brain and ... instead of valine at position 129 of the prion protein is associated with delayed onset of symptoms and an increased occurrence ... This condition is ...
