Is narcolepsy a classical autoimmune disease?

Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness. It is caused by the loss of orexin producing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. Current evidences suggest an autoimmune mediated process causing the specific loss of orexin neurons. The high association of the dis...

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Autores Principales: Arango, María-Teresa, Kivity, Shaye, Shoenfeld, Yehuda
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Lenguaje:Inglés (English)
Publicado: Academic Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/22798
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2014.10.005