Anhidrosis associated with hypothalamic lesions related to anti-aquaporin 4 autoantibody

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2293-2295

  Sekiguchi, Teruhiko ^a   Ishibashi, Satoru ^a   Kubodera, Takayuki ^a   Fukabori, Junya ^a   Uezato, Akihito ^a   Kanbayashi, Takashi ^b   Takahashi, Toshiyuki ^c   Yokota, Takanori ^a   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4 AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OREXIN A; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANHIDROSIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NARCOLEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SLEEP;

ADULT; AQUAPORIN 4; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOHIDROSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 83255192140     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6112-z     Document Type: Letter

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