"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 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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Proposal of new diagnostic criteria for fatal familial insomnia. J Neurol. 2022 Sep; 269(9):4909-4919.
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The rhythms of AMBEs (arousal-related motor behavioral episodes) in Agrypnia Excitata: a video motor analysis. Sleep Med. 2020 10; 74:224-226.
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The prion diseases. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2010 Dec; 23(4):277-98.