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The epidemiology of narcolepsy.
Sleep - 1 Jan 2007
Longstreth W T, Koepsell Thomas D, Ton Thanh G, Hendrickson Audrey F, van Belle Gerald
Abstract excerpt
Much has been learned about the pathophysiology of narcolepsy over the last several decades. It is likely that hypocretin-producing cells in the lateral hypothalamus are selectively destroyed in genetically susceptible individuals carrying 1 or more alleles of HLA DQB1*0602. Despite advances, the causes of narcolepsy and how to prevent it remain elusive. Classic epidemiology aims not only to enumerate occurrence...
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