Original Article

Increased incidence of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on the island of Crete associated with a high rate of PRNP 129-methionine homozygosity in the local population

  1. Andreas Plaitakis MD1,*,
  2. Anna K. Viskadouraki MD1,
  3. Minas Tzagournissakis MD1,
  4. Ioannis Zaganas MD1,
  5. Susan Verghese-Nikolakaki PhD2,
  6. Vasilis Karagiorgis2,
  7. Ioannis Panagiotides MD3,
  8. Constantine Kilindireas MD4,
  9. Eustratios Patsouris MD5,
  10. Christine Haberler MD6,
  11. Herbert Budka MD6,
  12. Theodoros Sklaviadis PhD2

Article first published online: 15 NOV 2001

DOI: 10.1002/ana.1285

Issue

Annals of Neurology

Annals of Neurology

Volume 50, Issue 2, pages 227–233, August 2001

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How to Cite

Plaitakis, A., Viskadouraki, A. K., Tzagournissakis, M., Zaganas, I., Verghese-Nikolakaki, S., Karagiorgis, V., Panagiotides, I., Kilindireas, C., Patsouris, E., Haberler, C., Budka, H. and Sklaviadis, T. (2001), Increased incidence of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease on the island of Crete associated with a high rate of PRNP 129-methionine homozygosity in the local population. Ann Neurol., 50: 227–233. doi: 10.1002/ana.1285

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Neurology, Division of Medicine, University of Crete, School of Health Sciences, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

  2. 2

    Laboratory of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

  3. 3

    Department of Pathology, Division of Medicine, University of Crete, School of Health Sciences, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

  4. 4

    Department of Neurology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

  5. 5

    Department of Pathology, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

  6. 6

    Institute of Neurology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

*Department of Neurology, University of Crete, School of Health Sciences, Voutes, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 NOV 2001
  2. Article first published online: 15 NOV 2001
  3. Manuscript Revised: 3 APR 2001
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 3 APR 2001
  5. Manuscript Received: 11 DEC 2000

Funded by

  • General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece. Grant Number: YPER-97
  • Association for the Advancement of Research and Treatment of Neurologic Disorders of Crete Eú Zńr

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