Fatal familial insomnia: Behavioral and cognitive features

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 935-939

  Gallassi, R ^a   Morreale, A ^a   Montagna, P ^a   Cortelli, P ^a   Avoni, P ^a   Castellani, R ^b   Gambetti, P ^b   Lugaresi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029864454     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.4.935     Document Type: Article

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