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Kuru plaques, granular cell layer of cerebellum, H&E stain x 400

Last updated on Friday, March 27 2009 by gliageek

Kuru plaques, granular cell layer of cerebellum, H&E stain x 400

Granular cell layer kuru plaques are seen in all cases of GSS disease, approximately 60% of kuru patients, and the approximately 10% of patients with sporadic prion disease due to the type II prion protein who are heterozygous at the codon 129 polymorphism

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