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Comment
. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):11748-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1515143112. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

Expanding the prion disease repertoire

Surachai Supattapone  1
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Expanding the prion disease repertoire

Surachai Supattapone. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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The author declares no conflict of interest.

Comment on

  • Evidence for α-synuclein prions causing multiple system atrophy in humans with parkinsonism.
    Prusiner SB, Woerman AL, Mordes DA, Watts JC, Rampersaud R, Berry DB, Patel S, Oehler A, Lowe JK, Kravitz SN, Geschwind DH, Glidden DV, Halliday GM, Middleton LT, Gentleman SM, Grinberg LT, Giles K. Prusiner SB, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Sep 22;112(38):E5308-17. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1514475112. Epub 2015 Aug 31. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015. PMID: 26324905 Free PMC article.

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