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Variant between CPT1B and CHKB associated with susceptibility to narcolepsy.
Nature genetics - 1 Nov 2008
Miyagawa Taku, Kawashima Minae, Nishida Nao, Ohashi Jun, Kimura Ryosuke, Fujimoto Akihiro, Shimada Mihoko, Morishita Shinichi, Shigeta Takashi, Lin Ling, Hong Seung-Chul, Faraco Juliette, Shin Yoon-Kyung, Jeong Jong-Hyun, Okazaki Yuji, Tsuji Shoji, Honda Makoto, Honda Yutaka, Mignot Emmanuel, Tokunaga Katsushi
Abstract excerpt
Narcolepsy (hypocretin deficiency), a sleep disorder characterized by sleepiness, cataplexy and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep abnormalities, is tightly associated with HLA-DRB1*1501 (M17378) and HLA-DQB1*0602 (M20432). Susceptibility genes other than those in the HLA region are also likely invol...
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