Clinical features of sporadic fatal insomnia.

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Clinical features of sporadic fatal insomnia.

Reviews in neurological diseases - 1 Jan 2009

Barash Jed A

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Recent advances in neuropathology, genotyping, and physiochemical characterization of proteins have allowed for the classification and verification of MM2-thalamic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). CJD is a fatal neurodegenerative illness belonging to the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, also known as prion diseases. Sporadic CJD is generally classified by the genotype at codon 129 of the prion protein...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Progression
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Insomnia, Fatal Familial
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
PrPSc Proteins
Predictive Value of Tests
Radionuclide Imaging
Thalamic Diseases
Thalamus

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PMID: 19898273

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