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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 249, Issue 11, Pages 1567-1582Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-002-0896-9
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prion protein gene; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease; fatal familial insomnia; base pair insertion
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Prion diseases are inherited in 5-15% of cases. They are classified according to changes in the prion protein gene (PRNP) or conventionally according to phenotype as Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease (GSS), fatal familial insomnia (FFI), or familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (fCJD). Point mutations and insertions within PRNP form the genetic background. We report the results of a systematic analysis of over 500 case reports of patients with PRNP abnormalities. We compare clinical, neuropathological and molecular data in five groups, namely GSS, FFI, fCJD, base pair insertion (BPI), and all cases collectively. Clinical presentation overlaps between mutations, but some have characteristic features (e.g. P105L, D178N-129M, T183A). Some mutations, especially in the lack of sufficient family history, in earlier phases tend to resemble other neurodegenerative disorders like multiple system atrophy, corticobasal degeneration or familial diseases such as late-onset spinocerebellar ataxia, spastic paraparesis,. frontotemporal dementia, or Alzheimer's disease. The codon 129 polymorphism has a phenotypic influence in inherited prion diseases, as in non-genetic forms, but additional factors might be considered as background for phenotypic variability.
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