A clinical case of fatal familial insomnia with a transient positive response to corticosteroids

Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a rare genetic human prion disease with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance caused by a D178N mutation in the PRNP gene. FFI is characterized by a variable clinical presentation and subacute manifestation. The latter prompts to consider autoimmune encephalit...

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Main Authors:	Yulia A. Shpilyukova, Yury A. Seliverstov, Evgeniy P. Nuzhny
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	Research Center of Neurology 2020-12-01
Series:	Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии
Subjects:	fatal familial insomnia corticosteroids prnp gene differential diagnosis autoimmune encephalitis
Online Access:	https://annaly-nevrologii.com/journal/pathID/article/viewFile/705/559
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