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Genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease shows fatal family insomnia phenotype.
Prion - 1 Dec 2021
Chen Bin, Zhang Shan, Xiao Ying, Wu Yingman, Tang Weiting, Yan Limin, Zhang Zhengxue, Qin Shengquan, Dai Mingming, You Yong
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (gCJD), which has a clinical phenotype that is highly similar to Fatal Family Insomnia (FFI) and has a triad of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKs) at the developmental stage of the disease. The 51-year-old male complained of sleep disorder and imbalance who had visited five different hospitals before diagnosed. A neurological examination revealed a triad of...
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