A controlled study of serum anti-locus ceruleus antibodies in REM sleep behavior disorder

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 349-351

  Schenck, Carlos H ^a,b   Ullevig, Constance M ^a   Mahowald, Mark W ^a,b   Dalmau, Josep ^c   Posner, Jerome B ^c  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Brain stem; Locus ceruleus; REM sleep behavior disorder

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANTIBODY; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE CELL LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0030857460     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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