The D178N (cis-129M) 'fatal familial insomnia' mutation associated with diverse clinicopathologic phenotypes in an Australian kindred

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 552-558

  McLean, C A ^a,b   Storey, E ^a,b   Gardner, R J M ^c,d   Tannenberg, A E G ^e   Cervenakova L ^f   Brown, P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Mater Public Hospitals   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSAUTONOMIA; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030821246     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.2.552     Document Type: Article

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