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CSF versus serum leptin in narcolepsy: is there an effect of hypocretin deficiency?
Sleep - 1 Aug 2006
Arnulf Isabelle, Lin Ling, Zhang Jing, Russell I Jon, Ripley Beth, Einen Mali, Nevsimalova Sonia, Bassetti Claudio, Bourgin Patrice, Nishino Seiji, Mignot Emmanuel
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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if hypocretin deficiency is associated with abnormally low serum leptin levels, a putative cause of increased body mass index in narcoleptics. DESIGN: Cross-sectional controlled study. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred seventy subjects, including 111 healthy controls, 93 n...
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