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[Studies on heredity rule of the first genealogy regarding fatal familial insomnia in Henan province].
Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi - 1 Jan 2009
Zhang Jin, Han Jun, Shi Xiao-Hong, Guo Wan-Shen, Xia Sheng-Li, Shi Qi, Chen Jian-Ming, Zhao Wei-Qin, Xie Zhi-Qiang, Shen Xiao-Jing, Li Meng-Lei, Lei Yan-Jun, Shi Song, Zhou Wei, Zhang Bao-Yun, Gao Chen, Shan Bing, Guo Yan-Jun, Wang De-Xin, Xu Bian-Li, Dong Xiao-Ping
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiological, genealogic characteristic, familial history of the families with fatal familial insomnia, its clinical and pathological features as well as the heredity rule of related genes. METHODS: 135 familial members of 7 eras were studied. Vein blood samples from patients as well as from some familial members were collected. PRNP gene was studied with PCR, its serial was...
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