Month of birth as a risk factor for narcolepsy

Sleep

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 663-665

  Dauvilliers, Yves ^a,c   Carlander, Bertrand ^a   Molinari, Nicolas ^b   Desautels, Alex ^d   Okun, Michele ^e   Tafti, Mehdi ^f   Montplaisir, Jacques ^d   Mignot, Emmanuel ^e   Billiard, Michel ^a  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U Biochim et Neurophysiol Clin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autoimmune; Hypocretin; Narcolepsy; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CATALEPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; BIRTH RATE; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASON;

CARRIER PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BIRTH RATE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 1542750552     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/26.6.663     Document Type: Article

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