Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247 , April 2010

Rare E196K mutation in the PRNP gene of a patient exhibiting behavioral abnormalities

  • Yannick Béjot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 3 80 29 37 53; fax: +33 3 80 29 36 72.
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  • Guy-Victor Osseby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France
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  • Marie Caillier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France
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  • Thibault Moreau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France
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  • Jean-Louis Laplanche

      Affiliations

    • Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 Rue A. Paré, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France
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  • Maurice Giroud

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Dijon, 3 Rue du Faubourg Raines, 21000 Dijon, France

Received 1 November 2008 ,Revised 30 October 2009 ,Accepted 6 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.11.002

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 3 , Pages 244-247 , April 2010

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