Normalization of hypocretin-1 in narcolepsy after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1333-1334

  Dauvilliers, Y ^a,b   Abril, B ^a,b   Mas, E ^c   Michel, F ^c   Tafti, M ^d,e  

^a Centre de Référence National sur Narcolepsie Hypersomnie Idiopathique   (France)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MODAFINIL; OREXIN A; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATALEPSY; CATAPLEXY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NARCOLEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CATAPLEXY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPEPTIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72249099225     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181bd1344     Document Type: Article

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