1. The behavioural features of fatal familial insomnia: A new Italian case with pathological verification
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Lucia Limido, V. Garibotto, Mauro Manconi, Stefano F. Cappa, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, D Perani, Fabrizio Tagliavini, Sandro Iannaccone, Giorgio Giaccone, Marco Zucconi, Alessandra Marcone, Alberto Raggi, Michele Zamboni, Raggi, A, Perani, DANIELA FELICITA L., Giaccone, G, Iannaccone, S, Manconi, M, Zucconi, M, Garibotto, V, Marcone, A, Zamboni, M, Limido, L, Tagliavini, F, FERINI STRAMBI, Luigi, and Cappa, STEFANO FRANCESCO
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Fatal familial insomnia ,medicine.medical_specialty ,musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology ,Thalamus ,Sleep regulation ,Brain ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Insomnia, Fatal Familial ,Non-rapid eye movement sleep ,nervous system diseases ,Italy ,mental disorders ,medicine ,Humans ,Female ,Wakefulness ,Presentation (obstetrics) ,Radionuclide Imaging ,Psychology ,Psychiatry ,Pathological ,psychological phenomena and processes - Abstract
We report a new, pathologically verified Italian case of fatal familial insomnia, whose clinical presentation was characterised by complex behavioural disturbances, suggesting wakefulness/NREM/REM combinations.
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- 2009
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