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Low CSF hypocretin-1/orexin-A associated with hypersomnia secondary to hypothalamic lesion in a case of multiple sclerosis

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Oka, Y., Kanbayashi, T., Mezaki, T. et al. Low CSF hypocretin-1/orexin-A associated with hypersomnia secondary to hypothalamic lesion in a case of multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 251, 885–886 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-004-0442-z

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