Table 1

Results of the evaluation of proteinase K digestion susceptibility.

Case

PK treatment

Mean

Std. deviation

Signal reduction (%)

P value


Proband

No

1.189

0.698

79.82

<0.0001

Yes

0.240

0.140

sCJD MM1

No

3.737

0.206

22.68

0.0041

Yes

2.890

1.076

MIE

No

0.062

0.009

4.37

0.2740

Yes

0.059

0.004

sCJD VV2

No

3.629

0.115

2.02

0.1133

Yes

3.556

0.152


Proband: The case reported here; sCJD MM1: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease type 1 methionine homozygous at codon 129; sCJD VV2: Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease type 2 valine homozygous at codon 129; MIE: A case of multi-infarct encephalopathy used as a negative control

Rodríguez-Martínez et al. BMC Neurology 2010 10:99   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-10-99

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