Narcolepsy and traumatic brain injury: Cause or consequence?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 811-

  Poryazova, R ^a   Hug, D ^a   Baumann, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; OREXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATAPLEXY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052967624     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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