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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with an R148H mutation of the prion protein gene

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Acknowledgements

We thank Angelika Henn, Gertrud Kwiatkowski, Nico Westphal and Elzbieta Staniszewski for expert technical assistance. This study was supported by the Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesgesundheitsministerium) and the European Commission (FOOD-CT-2004-506579 and QLK2-CT 2002-81523).

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    Present address: TSE Molecular Biology Department, Veterinary Laboratories Agency-Weybridge, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK

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  1. Institut für Neuropathologie, LMU München, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 23, 81377, Munich, Germany

    Bjarne Krebs, Rosa-Maria Lederer, Otto Windl, Eva-Maria Grasbon-Frodl & Hans A. Kretzschmar

  2. Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Inga Zerr

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Krebs, B., Lederer, RM., Windl, O. et al. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with an R148H mutation of the prion protein gene. Neurogenetics 6, 97–100 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-004-0208-x

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