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Analysis of the exon 1 polymorphism in the Tau gene in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

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  1. Service of Neurology Unidad de Biodiagnóstico de la Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Institut Clínic de Malalties del Sistema Nerviós IDIBAPS Hospital Clinic University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

    Raquel Sánchez-Valle, Pau Pastor, Francesc Graus, Eduardo Tolosa & Albert Saiz

  2. Service of Immunology Unidad de Biodiagnóstico de la Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

    Jordi Yagüe

  3. Department of Pathology Unidad de Biodiagnóstico de la Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain

    Teresa Ribalta

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Sánchez-Valle, R., Pastor, P., Yagüe, J. et al. Analysis of the exon 1 polymorphism in the Tau gene in transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. J Neurol 249, 938–939 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0717-1

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