Fatal familial insomnia

A rare inherited human prion disease characterized by adult onset of progressive disturbance and loss of circadian rhythms, dysautonomia with increased sympathetic activity, and cognitive impairment with fluctuating vigilance, impaired long-term memory, disorientation, and oneiric states. Motor disturbances include myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia, and pyramidal signs. The disease rapidly leads to a somnolent or comatose state and is typically fatal after 9 or 30 months on average (bimodal course). Neuropathologic examination shows marked neuronal loss and gliosis predominantly in thalamic nuclei and inferior olives, while deposition of abnormal prion protein may be relatively sparse.

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A rare inherited human prion disease characterized by adult onset of progressive disturbance and loss of circadian rhythms, dysautonomia with increased sympathetic activity, and cognitive impairment with fluctuating vigilance, impaired long-term memory, disorientation, and oneiric states. Motor disturbances include myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia, and pyramidal signs. The disease rapidly leads to a somnolent or comatose state and is typically fatal after 9 or 30 months on average (bimodal course). Neuropathologic examination shows marked neuronal loss and gliosis predominantly in thalamic nuclei and inferior olives, while deposition of abnormal prion protein may be relatively sparse.

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Adult

Autosomal dominant

ICD-10:A81.8

ICD-11:8E02.2

UMLS:C0206042

MeSH:D034062

OMIM:600072

MedDRA:10072077

Fatal familial insomnia

ORPHA:466

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_280400

ORDO:Orphanet_466

Fatal familial insomnia

Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : <1 / 1 000 000

Worldwide AND has_cases/families_value : 27.0 (Case)

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_280400

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_377788

http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_557493