Sleep disturbances in variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 690-

  Limousin, Nadège ^a   Corcia, Philippe ^a   Guennoc, Anne Marie ^a   Lucas, Brigitte ^a   Sazdovitch, Véronique ^a   Haïk, Stephane ^a   De Toffol, Bertrand ^a   Praline, Julien ^a  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PRION PROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CODON; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE;

ADULT; CODON; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIONS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 67349098894     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.08.003     Document Type: Letter

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