The prevalence of narcolepsy among Chinese in Hong Kong

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 578-584

  Wing, Yun Kwok ^a,b   Li, Raymond Hiu Yeung ^a   Lam, Ching Wan ^a   Ho, Crover Kwok Wah ^a   Fong, Samson Yuk Yat ^a   Leung, Tony ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; CHINESE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036227607     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10162     Document Type: Article

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