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The Family That Couldn't SleepThe Family That Couldn't Sleep

The Family That Couldn't Sleep

D.T. Max

4.0(1)on Hardcover

About this book

Explores prions, enigmatic brain proteins, and their influence on human life, examining the case of an Italian family victimized for two centuries by a fatal familial insomnia, and the links between prions and various brain maladies.

Details

Pages
299
ISBN-13
9781846270895
OL Work ID
OL8496807W

Subjects

Prion diseasesSleep disordersInsomniaFatal familial insomniaPrionsNew York Times reviewed

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