Sleep, genes and death: Fatal familial insomnia

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Fiorino, Anthony S ^a,b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

neurodegenerative disease; prion; sleep

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSOMNIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP;

HUMANS; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRION DISEASES; SLEEP;

EID: 0030271549     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(96)00010-0     Document Type: Review

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