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Fatal familial insomnia: Abbreviated FFI. An hereditary prion disease characterized by disrupted sleep (insomnia), motor abnormalities (myoclonus, ataxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, and pyramidal signs), and hyperactivation of the autonomic nervous system. Due to a missense mutation at codon 178 of the prion protein gene on chromosome 20. A sporadic form of fatal insomnia is also known.
An extremely rare disease (28 families worldwide), transmitted by a dominant inherited gene based on the mutation of a prion that forms plaques similar to BSE (Bovine ...
In conjugate gaze palsies, the two eyes cannot move in one direction (side to side, up, or down) at the same time. Conjugate gaze palsies affect horizontal gaze (looking ...
Fatal Familial Insomnia by: Ann M. Akroush Fatal familial insomnia is a genetic disorder. It manifests itself by many symptoms due to the degeneration of a certain part of ...
In recent years, 27 other families around the world have been found to be carriers of fatal familial insomnia, five of those in the United States.
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