Narcolepsy as an Immune-Mediated Disease
Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, hypnagonic hallucinations, sleep paralysis, and disturbed nocturnal sleep patterns. This disease is secondary to the specific loss of hypothalamic hypocretin (orexin)-producing neurons in the lateral hypo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2014-01-01
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Series: | Sleep Disorders |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/792687 |