Intravenous high-dose immunoglobulin treatment in recent onset childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1549-1554

  Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Poli, Francesca ^a   Franceschini, Christian ^a   Parmeggiani, Antonia ^a   Pirazzoli, Piero ^a   Bernardi, Filippo ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^b   Cicognani, Alessandro ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early treatment; Intravenous immunoglobulins; Narcolepsy with cataplexy

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MODAFINIL; OREXIN A; OXYBATE SODIUM; VENLAFAXINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CHILD; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; IRRITABILITY; JAW MOVEMENT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PARASOMNIA; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNPLEASANT DREAM; URTICARIA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; VIVID DREAM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CATAPLEXY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP; SLEEP PARALYSIS;

EID: 56349137577     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0983-7     Document Type: Article

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