Study on origin of mutation that causes fatal familiar insomnia
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 09:49
in Health & Medicine
A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers of this mutation — 50% of all the cases registered in the whole of Spain.
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