In children, narcolepsy may be the symptom of a brain lesion or genetic disease. The authors report two cases with severe narcolepsy-cataplexy emerging in childhood in close temporal association with obesity and precocious puberty.
Narcolepsy-cataplexy associated with precocious puberty: a novel hypothalamic dysfunction / Plazzi G.; Parmeggiani A.; Mignon E.; Lin L.; Scano MC.; Posar A.; Bernardi F.; Lodi R.; Tonon C.; Barbiroli B.; Montagna P.; Cicognani A.. - In: NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0028-3878. - STAMPA. - 66(10):(2006), pp. 1577-1579. [10.1212/01.wnl.0000216142.21375.71]
Narcolepsy-cataplexy associated with precocious puberty: a novel hypothalamic dysfunction
PLAZZI, GIUSEPPE;PARMEGGIANI, ANTONIA;POSAR, ANNIO;BERNARDI, FILIPPO;LODI, RAFFAELE;TONON, CATERINA;BARBIROLI, BRUNO;MONTAGNA, PASQUALE;CICOGNANI, ALESSANDRO
2006
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In children, narcolepsy may be the symptom of a brain lesion or genetic disease. The authors report two cases with severe narcolepsy-cataplexy emerging in childhood in close temporal association with obesity and precocious puberty.File in questo prodotto:
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