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Sporadic fatal insomnia in a young woman: A diagnostic challenge: Case Report
BACKGROUND: Sporadic fatal insomnia (sFI) and fatal familial insomnia (FFI) are rare human prion diseases. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 33-year-old female who died of a prion disease for whom the diagnosis of sFI or FFI was not considered clinically. Following death of this patient, an i...
Autores principales: | Moody, Karen M, Schonberger, Lawrence B, Maddox, Ryan A, Zou, Wen-Quan, Cracco, Laura, Cali, Ignazio |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214133/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040318 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-11-136 |
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