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Fatal familial insomnia: clinical, neuropathological, and genetic description of a Spanish family.

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jun 2000

Tabernero C, Polo J M, Sevillano M D, Muñoz R, Berciano J, Cabello A, Báez B, Ricoy J R, Carpizo R, Figols J, Cuadrado N, Claveria L E

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The clinical presentation and evolution, neuropathological findings, and genotyping of three members of a Spanish family affected with fatal familial insomnia are reported. The mother and two of her offspring developed a rapidly evolving disease with insomnia and behavioural disorders as the initial symptoms and died between 5 and 10 months after the onset of the illness. Frontal brain biopsy in the mother...

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PMID: 10811705
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.6.774
PMCID: PMC1736952

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