Fatal familial insomnia

Psychosomatics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 527-528

  Gistau, Vanessa Sanchez ^a   Pintor, Luis ^a   Matrai, Silvia ^a   Saiz, Albert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CLOMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CASE REPORT; DYSAUTONOMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRNP GENE; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33750491230     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.47.6.527     Document Type: Letter

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