Neurology · 2006 · 66 citations · 6 references
MedicinePediatricsPsychiatryChild PsychiatryPediatric EndocrinologyPediatric NeurologyChildhood ObesityNeurodevelopmental DisordersPediatric Neurologic DisordersPubertal DisordersPubertyPuberty Disorder GeneticsAdolescent OnsetDisorders Of Pubertal DevelopmentGenetic Disease MechanismsIdiopathic Central Precocious PubertyPediatric HypersomniaPediatric Sleep DisordersPrecocious Puberty EvaluationPubertal Progression Disorders
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.
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