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[Extensive HLA class II studies in Chinese narcoleptic patients].
Zhonghua nei ke za zhi - 1 Nov 1999
Xiao Y, Huang X, Qiu C, Zhu X, Liu Y
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Narcolepsy is a debilitating, lifelong sleep disorder. Its familial occurrence suggests that genetic factors may be of importance in the etiology. Narcolepsy is a very rare disease among Chinese, thus it was of interest to study the association of narcolepsy with the HLA system in Chinese narcoleptic patients. METHODS: To explore the role of HLA-DRB genes in the development of narcolepsy, we studied 10...
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