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Misleading Results With the 14-3-3 Assay for the Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Neurol 55:1396-1397, Chapman,T.,et al, 2000
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Article Abstract
The definitive diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) requires brain tissue analysis. A positive assay for the 14-3-3 protein in CSF has been suggested to be highly sensitive and specific in patients with CJD. The authors describe th ree patients for whom CSF 14-3-3 assays were falsely positive of falsely negative. Caution against overreliance on this putative biomarker is suggested in the diagnosis of CJD.
 
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