Evaluation of hypothalamic-specific autoimmunity in patients with narcolepsy

Sleep

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-28

  Martínez Rodríguez, Jose E ^a   Sabater, Lidia ^a   Graus, Francesc ^a   Iranzo, Alex ^a   Santamaria, Joan ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Hypocretin; Hypothalamus; Narcolepsy; Orexin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OREXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM;

EID: 33846232689     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/30.1.27     Document Type: Article

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