Related diseases The TSE family of diseases includes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which affects cattle; transmissible mink encephalopathy; feline spongif0rm encephalopathy; chronic wasting disease of deer and elk; and kuru, both classical and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome, and fatal familial insomnia, five rare diseases in humans.
What does FFI stand for?
FFI stands for Fatal Familial Insomnia
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Samples in periodicals archive:
Abstract: Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is an inherited disease caused by a mutation in the protein prion gene.
Fatal familial insomnia and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: disease phenotype determined by a DNA polymorphism.