PMID- 3683876 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19871228 LR - 20221207 IS - 0028-3878 (Print) IS - 0028-3878 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 12 DP - 1987 Dec TI - HLA antigens in narcolepsy. PG - 1858-60 AB - Eighteen black patients with narcolepsy underwent human leukocyte antigen (HLA) typing. Eleven of the 18 had cataplexy. Twelve patients (66.6%) had HLA-DR2; 7 patients with cataplexy had DR2. All patients had DQw1. In contrast to white and Japanese patients studied to date, not all black narcoleptics have DR2. FAU - Neely, S AU - Neely S AD - Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, IL 60637. FAU - Rosenberg, R AU - Rosenberg R FAU - Spire, J P AU - Spire JP FAU - Antel, J AU - Antel J FAU - Arnason, B G AU - Arnason BG LA - eng GR - T32NS07113/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Neurology JT - Neurology JID - 0401060 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DR Antigens) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Black People MH - Female MH - HLA Antigens/*analysis MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/analysis MH - HLA-DR Antigens/analysis MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Narcolepsy/*immunology EDAT- 1987/12/01 00:00 MHDA- 1987/12/01 00:01 CRDT- 1987/12/01 00:00 PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/12/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/12/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1212/wnl.37.12.1858 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurology. 1987 Dec;37(12):1858-60. doi: 10.1212/wnl.37.12.1858.