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INSOMNIE FAMILIALE FATALE [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

Death by sleep deprivation is not unique to rats. Fatal familial insomnia, first described about 30 years ago, is, as the name suggests, a heritable human disorder that leads first to unremitting insomnia and thence to death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines
CONT

Les prions, agents infectieux non conventionnels, sont responsables de maladies dégénératives du système nerveux (encéphalopathie spongiforme bovine, maladie de Creutzfeldt-Jakob, kuru, insomnie familiale fatale...)

Spanish

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