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Familial advanced sleep-phase syndrome: a short-period circadian rhythm variant in humans

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There may be a genetic basis for some sleep disorders, indicating that a gene controls circadian rhythms. Researchers report three families with a predisposition to a phase-advanced sleep-wake cycle.

Author: Jones, Bryan, Ptacek, Louis J., Campbell, Scott S., Murphy, Patricia J., Jones, Christopher R., Zone, Stephanie E., Cooper, Fred, DeSano, Alison, Czajkowski, Laura
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 1999
Genetic aspects, Circadian rhythms, Sleep disorders

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Lyme disease agent borrows a practical coat

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The role of bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium in causing Lyme disease is discussed. The bacterium exploits a tick in the saliva of its vector for facilitating invasion of vertebrate hosts.

Author: Rosa, Patricia
Publisher: Nature America, Inc.
Publication Name: Nature Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1078-8956
Year: 2005
United States, Causes of, Risk factors, Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi

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