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The family that couldn't sleep : a medical mystery

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  • Running Time: 14:52 hrs
    Narrator: Grover Gardner
    Publisher:
    Recorded Books, 2011
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Max, D. T.
    Contributor: OneClick Digital (Firm); Gardner, Grover
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    ,
    Copyrighted
    2006
    Summary:

    Examines the link between prions, ordinary proteins that go wrong, and a wide range of strange neurological illnesses that strike people and animals around the world, and explains how the rise in prion-linked illnesses can be attributed to human greed and ambition.

    Genre:
    Medicine, health and fitness
    Subject(s): Fatal familial insomnia | Prion diseases | Prions | Sleep disorders
    Original Publisher: [Old Saybrook, Conn.], [Prince Frederick, Md.], Tantor Audio, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781400122899