A case of variably protease-sensitive prionopathy treated with doxycyclin

Hamid Assar; Raffi Topakian; Serge Weis; Jasmin Rahimi; Johannes Trenkler; Romana Höftberger; Fahmy Aboulenein-Djamshidian; Thomas Ströbel; Herbert Budka; Helen Yull; Mark W Head; James W Ironside; Gabor G Kovacs

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2014-309871

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A case of variably protease-sensitive prionopathy treated with doxycyclin

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Hamid Assar Neuromedizinisches Ambulanzzentrum, State Neuropsychiatric Hospital Wagner-Jauregg, Medical School, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Raffi Topakian Department of Neurology, Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, Wels, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Serge Weis Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, State Neuropsychiatric Hospital Wagner-Jauregg, Medical School, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jasmin Rahimi Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Johannes Trenkler Institute of Radiology, State Neuropsychiatric Hospital Wagner-Jauregg, Medical School, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Romana Höftberger Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fahmy Aboulenein-Djamshidian Department of Neurology, SMZ-Ost Donauspital, Karl Landsteiner Institute for Neuroimmunological and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas Ströbel Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Herbert Budka Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Helen Yull National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Mark W Head National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James W Ironside National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gabor G Kovacs Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases, Vienna, Austria PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Gabor G Kovacs, Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna and Austrian Reference Centre for Human Prion Diseases, AKH 4J, Währinger Gürtel 18–20, Vienna A-1097, Austria; gabor.kovacs{at}meduniwien.ac.at

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Assar H, Topakian R, Weis S, et al

A case of variably protease-sensitive prionopathy treated with doxycyclin

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2015;86:816-818.

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Received November 6, 2014
Revised December 18, 2014
Accepted December 19, 2014
First published January 9, 2015.

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April 16, 2018

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