Open AccessReport of a Case of Immunosuppression with Prednisone in an 8-Year-Old Boy with an Acute Onset of Hypocretin-deficiency Narcolepsy
Author(s) -
Marketa Hecht,
Ling Lin,
Clete A. Kushida,
Dale T. Umetsu,
Shahrad Taheri,
Mali Einen,
Emmanuel Mignot
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/26.7.809
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , prednisone , medicine , cataplexy , immunosuppression , modafinil , population , pediatrics , psychiatry , environmental health
To explore whether acute destruction of hypocretin cells in a patient with narcolepsy could be detected and if the course of the disease could be reversed or altered by the use of prednisone for immunosuppression.
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