Fatal insomnia: the elusive prion disease

Dharmini Patel; Hagar Ibrahim; Julia Rankin; David Hilton; Marcelo A Barria; Diane L Ritchie; Colin Smith; Adam Zeman

doi:10.1136/bcr-2020-241289

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Fatal insomnia: the elusive prion disease

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Dharmini Patel Wessex Neurological Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hagar Ibrahim Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julia Rankin Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Hilton Department of cellular and anatomical pathology, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marcelo A Barria The National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Diane L Ritchie The National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Colin Smith Department of Neuropathology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adam Zeman College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Dharmini Patel; dharmini.patel{at}nhs.net

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Patel D, Ibrahim H, Rankin J, et al

Fatal insomnia: the elusive prion disease

BMJ Case Reports CP 2021;14:e241289.

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Accepted May 20, 2021
First published June 22, 2021.

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January 24, 2024

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