title: [Familial insomnia with a malignant course: a new thalamic disease].
abstract: A degenerative familial disease with insomnia and autonomic disorders in a 53 years old man is reported. At post-mortem examination anterior and dorso-medial nuclei of the thalamus were atrophied.
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013786:Thalamic Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Insomnie familiale a évolution maligne: une nouvelle maladie thalamique.