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Fatal familial insomnia: Reporting a case of the rare nightmare.

Journal of postgraduate medicine - 1 Oct 2024

Hogue E, Weinberg D, Palecek E

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ABSTRACT: Prion diseases are rare, incurable, and rapidly progressive. Pathogenic misfolded proteins accumulate in the central nervous system causing fatal neurodegeneration. Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is an even rarer, hereditary subset of prion disease. The initial clinical course is nonspecific, leading to difficulties with diagnosis. We describe a patient with a family history of prion disease who...

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PMID: 39660573
DOI: 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_582_24
PMCID: PMC11722714

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