Clinical, polysomnographic and genome‐wide association analyses of narcolepsy with cataplexy: a European Narcolepsy Network study

G Luca, J Haba‐Rubio, Y Dauvilliers… - Journal of sleep …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and PSG characteristics of narcolepsy with
cataplexy and their genetic predisposition by using the retrospective patient database of the …

Month of birth as a risk factor for narcolepsy

Y Dauvilliers, B Carlander, N Molinari, A Desautels… - Sleep, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Study Objectives: A loss of hypocretin neurons has been observed in human narcolepsy;
however, the cause of this disorder is still unknown. While family history and genetic factors …

Delayed diagnosis, range of severity, and multiple sleep comorbidities: a clinical and polysomnographic analysis of 100 patients of the innsbruck narcolepsy cohort

B Frauscher, L Ehrmann, T Mitterling… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - jcsm.aasm.org
Study Objectives: Narcolepsy is reported to affect 26-56/100,000 in the general population.
We aimed to describe clinical and polysomnographic features of a large narcolepsy cohort …

Genetics of narcolepsy

T Miyagawa, K Tokunaga - Human genome variation, 2019 - nature.com
Narcolepsy is a term that was initially coined by Gélineáu in 1880 and is a chronic
neurological sleep disorder that manifests as a difficulty in maintaining wakefulness and …

Narcolepsy: clinical differences and association with other sleep disorders in different age groups

S Nevsimalova, J Pisko, J Buskova, D Kemlink… - Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Narcolepsy-cataplexy (NC) is a focal neurodegenerative disease with a genetic
predisposition and autoimmune etiology; the pathogenesis of narcolepsy without cataplexy …

The prevalence of narcolepsy among Chinese in Hong Kong

YK Wing, RHY Li, CW Lam, CKW Ho… - Annals of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Narcolepsy is a lifelong, crippling sleep disorder. Although the discovery of the hypocretin
system has been a breakthough in genetics, the epidemiological aspects of narcolepsy …

Narcolepsy: genetic predisposition and neuropharmacological mechanisms

S Nishino, M Okura, E Mignot - Sleep medicine reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Narcolepsy is a disabling sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime somnolence
(EDS), cataplexy and REM sleep-related abnormalities. It is a frequently-occurring but under …

Sleep-disordered breathing and periodic limb movements in narcolepsy with cataplexy: a systematic analysis of 35 consecutive patients

F Pizza, S Tartarotti, R Poryazova, CR Baumann… - European …, 2013 - karger.com
Background: Disturbed sleep is a core feature of narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC). Few
studies have independently assessed sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and periodic limb …

The ICSD-3 and DSM-5 guidelines for diagnosing narcolepsy: clinical relevance and practicality

C Ruoff, D Rye - Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disease manifesting as difficulty with maintaining
continuous wake and sleep. Clinical presentation varies but requires excessive daytime …

DQB1 locus alone explains most of the risk and protection in narcolepsy with cataplexy in Europe

Sleep, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: Prior research has identified five common genetic variants
associated with narcolepsy with cataplexy in Caucasian patients. To replicate and/or extend …