Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 961-966 , October 2009

Comparison of clinical characteristics among narcolepsy with and without cataplexy and idiopathic hypersomnia without long sleep time, focusing on HLA-DRB1∗1501/DQB1∗0602 finding

  • Taeko Sasai

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 1-24-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053, Japan
    • Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Yuichi Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 1-24-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 1-24-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 3374 2016; fax: +81 3 3374 2038.
    • ,
  • Yoko Komada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, 6-1-1 Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Tatsuki Sugiura

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, 1-24-10 Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0053, Japan
    • ,
  • Eisuke Matsushima

      Affiliations

    • Section of Liaison Psychiatry and Palliative Medicine, Graduate School of Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Received 2 August 2008 ,Revised 11 December 2008 ,Accepted 23 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.12.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 961-966 , October 2009

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