Disease mechanisms in narcolepsy remain elusive

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 616-617

  Julkunen, Ilkka ^a   Partinen, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Vitalmed Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; OREXIN; HLA ANTIGEN;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA DQ GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NARCOLEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; REVIEW; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLISHING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; NARCOLEPSY; RETRACTION OF PUBLICATION AS TOPIC; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908476283     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.191     Document Type: Review

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