Pre-symptomatic diagnosis in fatal familial insomnia: serial neurophysiological and FDG-PET studies

نویسندگان

  • Pietro Cortelli
  • Daniela Perani
  • Pasquale Montagna
  • Roberto Gallassi
  • Paolo Tinuper
  • Patrizia Avoni
  • Franco Ferrillo
  • Davide Anchisi
  • Rosa Maria Moresco
  • Ferruccio Fazio
  • Piero Parchi
  • Agostino Baruzzi
  • Elio Lugaresi
  • Pierluigi Gambetti
چکیده

Department of Neuroscience, C.N.R.-I.B.F.M., Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, C.N.R.-I.B.F.M., University of Milan-Bicocca, Scientific Institute H. S. Raffaele, Milan, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, DISMR, Department of Motor Sciences, Center for Sleep Medicine, University of Genova, Italy and Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

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تاریخ انتشار 2006