| Literature DB >> 14755736 |
Massimo Tabaton1, Salvatore Monaco, Maria Paola Cordone, Monica Colucci, Giorgio Giaccone, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Gianluigi Zanusso.
Abstract
Currently, definite peripheral markers for the in vivo diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are not available. Here, we report the presence of pathological prion protein in the olfactory mucosa of a case with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Prion protein immunoreactivity was detected in an olfactory biopsy performed 45 days after the disease onset, suggesting that the involvement of olfactory epithelium is an early event in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14755736 DOI: 10.1002/ana.20038
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Neurol ISSN: 0364-5134 Impact factor: 10.422