The month-of-birth pattern in narcolepsy is moderated by cataplexy severity and may be independent of HLA-DQB1*0602

Sleep

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1471-1475

  Picchioni, Dante ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel J ^b   Harsh, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Environmental risk factor; Month of birth; Narcolepsy

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP;

EID: 11144319409     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/27.8.1471     Document Type: Article

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