A subtype of sporadic prion disease mimicking fatal familial insomnia

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1757-1763

  Parchi, P ^a   Capellari, S ^a   Chin, S ^b   Schwarz, H B ^c   Schecter, N P ^d   Butts, J D ^e   Hudkins, P ^f   Burns, O K ^g   Powers, J M ^a   Gambetti, P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^e AVR: Department of Epidemiology   (United States)

^f United Regional Health Care System   (United States)

^g EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032976574     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.9.1757     Document Type: Article

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