Self management of fatal familial insomnia. Part 1: What is FFI?

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Schenkein, Joyce ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^b  

^a TOURO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLUMAZENIL; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; METHIONINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; VITAMIN;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; HUMAN; JET LAG; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRION DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY DEPRIVATION (INTENTIONAL); SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WRITING; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DEATH; MEMORY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SLEEP;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DEATH; HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MEMORY; PRIONS; SELF CARE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 33748760607     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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