Fatal familiar insomnia: Clinical, neurophysiological and histopathological study of two cases;Insomnio letal familiar: Estudio clínico, neurofisiológico e histopatológico de dos casos

Neurologia

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 414-420

  Ayuso Blanco, Teresa ^a   Urriza Mena, J ^a   Caballero Martinez C ^b   Iriarte Franco, J ^b   Munoz Arrondo R ^a   Garcia Bragado F ^b  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fatal familial insomnia; Polysomnography; Prion diseases; Thalamic gliosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 34248381446     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: 15781968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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