Patient Preparation PRNP Testing will not be performed in patients under 18 years of age. Specimen Type Peripheral Whole Blood. Preferred Container Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Specimen ...

A total of three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare and incurable brain condition, have been detected in Hood River ...

Causes: FFI is a neurodegenerative prion disease that is caused by a mutation in a gene called PRNP, which produces a ...

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to ...