Evidence‐based recommendations for the assessment and management of sleep disorders in older persons

HG Bloom, I Ahmed, CA Alessi… - Journal of the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Sleep‐related disorders are most prevalent in the older adult population. A high prevalence
of medical and psychosocial comorbidities and the frequent use of multiple medications …

Hypersomnia and depressive symptoms: methodological and clinical aspects

Y Dauvilliers, R Lopez, M Ohayon, S Bayard - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
The associations between depressive symptoms and hypersomnia are complex and often
bidirectional. Of the many disorders associated with excessive sleepiness in the general …

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 …

High prevalence of precocious puberty and obesity in childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy

F Poli, F Pizza, E Mignot, R Ferri, U Pagotto, S Taheri… - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: We analyzed the potential predictive factors for precocious
puberty, observed in some cases of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) and for …

Psychological health in central hypersomnias: the French Harmony study

Y Dauvilliers, J Paquereau, H Bastuji… - Journal of Neurology …, 2009 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background: A large observational French study of central hypersomnia, including
narcolepsy with cataplexy (C+), without cataplexy (C−) and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), was …

Narcolepsy

C Guilleminault - Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the clinical aspects of narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is
characterized by a set of clinical symptoms, including abnormal sleep features …

Health-related quality of life in patients with narcolepsy

R Dodel, H Peter, A Spottke, C Noelker, A Althaus… - Sleep medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients suffering
from narcolepsy. METHODS: Subjects included 75 narcoleptic patients diagnosed at the …

Health, social, and economic consequences of narcolepsy: a controlled national study evaluating the societal effect on patients and their partners

P Jennum, R Ibsen, ER Petersen, S Knudsen… - Sleep medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that narcolepsy is a chronic disorder affecting younger people,
there is insufficient information about its societal burden, time course, and familiar effect. We …

Functional impairment in adult sleepwalkers: a case-control study

R Lopez, I Jaussent, S Scholz, S Bayard, J Montplaisir… - Sleep, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives: To investigate the restorative quality of sleep and daytime
functioning in sleepwalking adult patients in comparison with controls. Design: Prospective …

Cataplexy features in childhood narcolepsy

L Serra, P Montagna, E Mignot, E Lugaresi… - Movement …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Cataplexy, the hallmark of narcolepsy, has been well characterized in adults but not in
children. This study systematically used structured clinical assessments and video …