Late-onset narcolepsy presenting as rapidly progressing muscle weakness: Response to plasmapheresis [2]

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 489-490

  Chen, Wynne ^a   Black, Jed ^a   Call, Pamela ^c   Mignot, Emmanuel ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; OREXIN A; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; ONSET AGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 24644509681     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20603     Document Type: Letter

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