Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) differs from additional human prion diseases in that the pathogenic prion protein PrPSc can be detected to a greater extent at extraneuronal sites throughout the body, principally within lymphoid tissues. muscle tissue specimens taken at autopsy from 49 CJD patients in the United Kingdom. These techniques identified muscle PrPSc in 8… Continue reading Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) differs from additional human prion diseases in