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Fatal familial insomnia and sporadic fatal insomnia differ from other prion diseases because they affect predominantly one area of the brain, the thalamus, which influences sleep. The familial and sporadic forms typically begin between the ages of 30 and 50 years.
A deadly prion disease: fatal familial insomnia. : An article from: Journal of Neuroscience Nursing $5.95: A gene with two faces - two fatal neurological diseases caused by the same gene mutation Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and the extremely rare fatal familial insomnia are caused by an identical mutation on the gene that codes for the brain protein ... From Discover, 5/1/93 by Lori Oliwenstein Prion biology in transfusion medicine: implications for lab testing