Pontine lesions in idiopathic narcolepsy

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1250-1254

  Plazzi, G ^a   Montagna, P ^a   Provini, F ^a   Bizzi, A ^b   Cohen, M ^c   Lugaresi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; VILOXAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0029895304     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.46.5.1250     Document Type: Article

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