Goldhammer Y, Gabizon R, Meiner Z, Sadeh M
Department of Neurology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Neurology. 1993 Dec;43(12):2718-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.43.12.2718.
We report the first family among the Jewish population in Israel with Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease. A proline-for-leucine substitution at the codon 102 of the prion protein (PrP) gene was demonstrated. This mutation has been reported in families with the ataxic form of the disease.
我们报告了以色列犹太人群体中首例患有格斯特曼-施特劳斯勒-申克综合征的家族。在朊蛋白(PrP)基因的第102密码子处发现了脯氨酸替代亮氨酸的情况。这种突变已在患有共济失调型该疾病的家族中被报道。