"Insomnia, Fatal Familial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by degeneration of the THALAMUS and progressive insomnia. It is caused by a mutation in the prion protein (PRIONS).
| Descriptor ID |
D034062
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.228.800.392 C10.574.843.512 C10.886.425.800.800.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Insomnia, Fatal Familial- Insomnia, Fatal Familial
- Fatal Familial Insomnias
- Insomnias, Fatal Familial
- Insomnia Familial Fatal
- Familial Fatal, Insomnia
- Familial Fatals, Insomnia
- Fatal, Insomnia Familial
- Fatals, Insomnia Familial
- Insomnia Familial Fatals
- Familial Fatal Insomnia
- Familial Fatal Insomnias
- Fatal Insomnia, Familial
- Fatal Insomnias, Familial
- Insomnia, Familial Fatal
- Insomnias, Familial Fatal
- Fatal Familial Insomnia
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Insomnia, Fatal Familial" by people in Profiles.
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Preventive study in subjects at risk of fatal familial insomnia: Innovative approach to rare diseases. Prion. 2015; 9(2):75-9.
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Familial and sporadic fatal insomnia. Lancet Neurol. 2003 Mar; 2(3):167-76.