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Does narcolepsy symptom severity vary according to HLA-DQB1*0602 allele status?
Sleep - 1 Jan 2010
Watson Nathaniel F, Ton Thanh G N, Koepsell Thomas D, Gersuk Vivian H, Longstreth W T
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STUDY OBJECTIVES: To investigate associations between HLA-DQB1*0602 allele status and measures of narcolepsy symptom severity. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study of population-based narcolepsy patients. SETTING: King County, Washington. PARTICIPANTS: All prevalent cases (n = 279) of physician-diagnosed narcolepsy ascertained from 2001-2005. INTERVENTIONS: N/A. MEASUREMENTS: Narcolepsy diagnosis was based on cataplexy...
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