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Fatal Familial Insomnia

Known as: insomnia fatal familial, Fatals, Insomnia Familial, Insomnias, Fatal Familial 
A very rare autosomal dominant inherited sleep disorder caused by a mutation in the gene responsible for the prion protein. It affects individuals… 
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Communicative Language Teaching in an EFL Context: Learners' Attitudes and Perceived Implementation
Communicative language teaching (CLT) applicability to English as a foreign language (EFL) contexts has recently been debated… 
2009
2009
Sea-blue histiocytes in familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency.
Histiocytes containing large blue-green granules on Wright or Giemsa stain have been described in several different clinical… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Silent Adrenal Nodules in von Hippel-Lindau Disease Suggest Pheochromocytoma
Von Hippel-Lindau disease is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by retinal angiomatosis, cerebellar hemangioblastoma… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Timber plantations in the humid tropics of Africa
Historical Survey Recent Techniques and Orientations - Reforestation in Cleared Areas Silvicultural Rules for the Principal… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Neuroticism in familial depression
Synopsis This study examined the relationship between personality factors and depression in subjects who may have a familial… 
1975
1975
Free cortisol index: a rapid and simple estimation of free cortisol in human plasma.
A rapid and simple method for the estimation of free (nonprotein-bound) cortisol in human plasma is described. Total plasma… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
CLINICAL RESPONSE TO AMITRIPTYLINE AMONG DEPRESSED WOMEN
Eighty-five female depressed patients were treated for 4 weeks with amitriptyline in a flexible dose (median, 150 mg daily… 
1973
1973
Familial striatal degeneration.
Clinical history and pathologic findings are described in a disease occurring in two siblings and characterized by onset in… 
1969
1969
Relationships between familial aggregation of coronary heart disease and risk factors in the general population.
1968
1968
X-linked hydrocephalus.
of 55 cm. An operative pneumoventriculogram and Pantopaque ven-triculogram demonstrated dilatation of the lateral ven- tricles… 
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