Fatal familial insomnia: the first account in a family of Chinese descent.
Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is an autosomal dominant disease linked to a mutation in the prion protein gene. Fatal familial insomnia is characterized by sleep disturbance and loss of neurons, with gliosis in the thalamic nuclei.
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.1.122
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