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Narcolepsy Following Yellow Fever Vaccination: A Case Report [PDF]

, 2016
Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a rare, but important differential diagnosis for daytime sleepiness and atonic paroxysms in an adolescent. A recent increase in incidence in the pediatric age group probably linked to the use of the Pandemrix influenza ...
Deb K. Pal, Michael Farquhar, Paul Gringras, Richard E. Rosch   +3 more
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Autoimmunity to hypocretin and molecular mimicry to flu in type 1 narcolepsy

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018
Significance This work shows that the amidated terminal ends of the secreted hypocretin (HCRT) peptides (HCRTNH2) are autoantigens in type 1 narcolepsy, an autoimmune disorder targeting HCRT neurons.
Guo Luo, A. Ambati, Ling Lin, M. Bonvalet, M. Partinen, X. Ji, H. Maecker, E. Mignot   +7 more
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Monoaminergic Networks of Cognitive and Behavioral Symptoms in Early Parkinson's Disease

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with several behavioral and cognitive symptoms, the neurobiological background of which is not yet fully understood. Objectives The aim was to investigate the association between monoamine function and four specific nonmotor symptoms in early PD using the Parkinson's Progression Markers ...
Kalle J. Niemi, Valtteri Kaasinen, Rimona S. Weil, Juho Joutsa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

IgG abnormality in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
BACKGROUND: A close association between narcolepsy and the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DQB1*0602 allele suggests the involvement of the immune system, or possibly an autoimmune process. We investigated serum IgG levels in narcolepsy.
Susumu Tanaka, Makoto Honda
doaj   +1 more source

Trypanosoma brucei brucei invasion and T-cell infiltration of the brain parenchyma in experimental sleeping sickness: timing and correlation with functional changes [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The timing of Trypanosoma brucei entry into the brain parenchyma to initiate the second, meningoencephalitic stage of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is currently debated and even parasite invasion of the neuropil has ...
Bentivoglio, Marina, Bradley, Barbara, Etet, Paul F. Seke, Grassi-Zucconi, Gigliola, Kennedy, Peter G.E., Laperchia, Claudia, Montague, Paul, Palomba, Maria, Rodgers, Jean   +8 more
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Missense Variants in the A Isoform of FGF13 as a Novel Cause of Paroxysmal Dyskinesia

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Pathogenic variants within the unique N‐terminal inactivation particle of FGF13 isoform A (FGF13A) have so far been associated only with an X‐linked dominant epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). Objective The aim was to expand the clinical and molecular spectrum of FGF13A‐related disorder.
Cyril Mignot, Matthildi Athina Papathanasiou Terzi, Claudia Ravelli, Elisabeth Bosch, Xueqin Lin, Adeline Trauffler, Roseline Caumes, Andrew E. Fry, Clementine Fort, Gaelle Gauthe, Regina Trollmann, Thomas Wirth, Mathieu Anheim, Aurélie Méneret, Emmanuel Roze, Jean‐Madeleine de Sainte Agathe, Hailan He, Eleni Panagiotakaki, Gaëtan Lesca, André Reis, Diane Doummar, Thomas Smol, Georgia Vasileiou   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Symptomatic Narcolepsy and Generalized Seizures Following Surgery for Rathke’s Cleft Cyst [PDF]

Sleep Medicine Research, 2014
Symptomatic narcolepsy is a rare disorder caused by other underlying neurological disorders. One of the most frequent causes for symptomatic narcolepsy is brain tumors, usually in the region of the third ventricle and the diencephalon.
On-Hwa Ryu, Han Uk Ryu, Sang-Ahm Lee
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Clinical and polysomnographic course of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy. [PDF]

, 2013
Our aim was to investigate the natural evolution of cataplexy and polysomnographic features in untreated children with narcolepsy with cataplexy. To this end, clinical, polysomnographic, and cataplexy-video assessments were performed at diagnosis (mean ...
American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Aran, Aran, Broughton, Cacciari, Christian Franceschini, Cvetkovic-Lopes, Dale, Dauvilliers, Dauvilliers, Elena Finotti, Emmanuel Mignot, Fabio Pizza, Faraco, Francesca Ingravallo, Giuseppe Plazzi, Guilleminault, Hallmayer, Han, Hanna Peltola, Hor, Kailash P. Bhatia, Kawashima, Kornum, Kornum, Kotagal, Lecendreux, Ling Lin, Lino Nobili, Luca, Ludvikova, Mark J. Edwards, Markku Partinen, Mascaro, Mignot, Mignot, Murali, Ohayon, Oliviero Bruni, Overeem, Partinen, Plazzi, Poli, Poli, Ponz, Rubboli, Schreyer, Schwartz, Serra, Stefano Vandi, Sundvik, Tafti, Vendrame, Vetrugno, Vignatelli, von Herrath, Wingerchuk, Yamuy, Yves Dauvilliers   +58 more
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Central disorders of hypersomnolence in children and adults: A comparative study from South India

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2019
Background: Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence (IHS) are rare disorders. In Western populations, the reported prevalence of narcolepsy is 0.02%–0.05%. In Indian subcontinent, there are few reports on narcolepsy and none on IHS so far.
Madhukar Trivedi, Sapna Erat Sreedharan, Shana N Nair, C A Anees, J P Unnikrishnan, P S Sarma, Ashalatha Radhakrishnan   +6 more
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Pain and Infernal Pain in the Verses of Dante Alighieri [PDF]

, 2017
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, and its initial part of Inferno, includes several medical terms and descriptions, whose accuracy sometimes overcomes that of a layman.
Vyshka, Gentian
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