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What is Fatal familial insomnia?
- What is Fatal familial insomnia?
- Types of Fatal familial insomnia
- Other names for Fatal familial insomnia
- How serious is Fatal familial insomnia?
- What causes Fatal familial insomnia?
- Organs Affected by Fatal familial insomnia
- Can anyone else get Fatal familial insomnia?
- How is it treated?
- Introduction: Fatal familial insomnia
What is Fatal familial insomnia?
- Fatal familial insomnia: A very rare inherited brain disease that severely affects sleep and causes progressive deterioration of mental and movement functions.
- Fatal familial insomnia: An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by degeneration of the THALAMUS and progressive insomnia. It is caused by a mutation in the prion protein (PRIONS).
Source - Diseases Database
Fatal familial insomnia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Fatal familial insomnia, or a subtype of Fatal familial insomnia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Name and Aliases of Fatal familial insomnia
Main name of condition: Fatal familial insomnia
Other names or spellings for Fatal familial insomnia:FFI, insomnia [dysautonomia thalamic], Familial fatal insomnia, Insomnia familial fatal
Familial fatal insomnia, Insomnia familial fatal
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Types of Fatal familial insomnia:
Parent types of Fatal familial insomnia:
Prion diseases, Sleep disorders, Brain conditions, Genetic Disease, Bizarre medical conditions
Organs Affected by Fatal familial insomnia:
How serious is Fatal familial insomnia?
Prognosis of Fatal familial insomnia: the condition is progressive and death usually occurs about 9 months from onset of symptoms
Complications of Fatal familial insomnia:
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complications of Fatal familial insomnia
What causes Fatal familial insomnia?
Class of Condition for Fatal familial insomnia: prion, genetic
Causes of Fatal familial insomnia:
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causes of Fatal familial insomnia
How is it treated?
Treatments for Fatal familial insomnia:
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