Intravenous immunoglobulin treatment and screening for hypocretin neuron-specific autoantibodies in recent onset childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy
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Narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) is caused by substantial loss of hypocretin neurons. NC patients carry the HLA-DQB1*0602 allele suggesting that hypocretin neuron loss is due to an autoimmune attack. We tested intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment in early onset NC.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Neuropediatrics |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Pages (from-to) | 217-22 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 0174-304X |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2010 |
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