Deposits of disease-associated alpha-synuclein may be present in the dura mater in Lewy body disorders: implications for potential inadvertent transmission by surgery
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Deposition of alpha-synuclein in the brain is a hallmark of Lewy body disorders. Alpha-synuclein has been considered to show prion-like properties. Prion diseases can be transmitted by the transplantation of cadaveric dura mater causing iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-... ...
