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CSF hypocretin-1 levels and clinical profiles in narcolepsy and idiopathic CNS hypersomnia in Norway.
Sleep - 1 Aug 2007
Heier Mona Skard, Evsiukova Tatiana, Vilming Steinar, Gjerstad Michaela D, Schrader Harald, Gautvik Kaare
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between CSF hypocretin-1 levels and clinical profiles in narcolepsy and CNS hypersomnia in Norwegian patients. METHOD: CSF hypocretin-1 was measured by a sensitive radioimmunoassay in 47 patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy, 7 with narcolepsy without cataplexy, 10 with idiopathic CNS hypersomnia, and a control group. RESULTS: Low hypocretin-1 values were found in 72% of...
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