Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
MeSH terms
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Aspartic Acid / analogs & derivatives
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Aspartic Acid / analysis
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Benzhydryl Compounds / therapeutic use
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Cataplexy / complications*
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Cataplexy / diagnosis
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Cataplexy / drug therapy
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Child
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Creatine / analysis
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Cyclohexanols / therapeutic use
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Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / etiology
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Female
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Hallucinations / etiology
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Health Education
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Humans
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Hypothalamus / chemistry
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Hypothalamus / physiopathology*
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / deficiency
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / physiology*
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Male
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Modafinil
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Narcolepsy / complications*
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Narcolepsy / diagnosis
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Narcolepsy / drug therapy
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Neuropeptides / deficiency
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Neuropeptides / physiology*
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Night Terrors / etiology
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Obesity / complications
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Orexins
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Polysomnography
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Puberty, Precocious / complications*
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Puberty, Precocious / physiopathology
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Television
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Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
Substances
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Benzhydryl Compounds
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Cyclohexanols
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Neuropeptides
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Orexins
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Aspartic Acid
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Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
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N-acetylaspartate
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Creatine
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Modafinil