Fatal familial insomnia: A seventh family

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1326-1328

  Silburn, P ^a   Cervenakova L ^b   Varghese, P ^c   Tannenberg, A ^a   Brown, P ^b   Boyle, R ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029854307     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.5.1326     Document Type: Article

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