Paediatric narcolepsy: Complexities of diagnosis

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 618-621

  Hood, B M ^a   Harbord, M G ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Narcolepsy; Paediatrics; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ARYLSULFATASE; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; LAMOTRIGINE; MAZINDOL; METHYLPHENIDATE;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLONUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPILEPSY; FEEDING DISORDER; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NARCOLEPSY; NEWBORN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; SEPSIS; TENDON REFLEX; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036436055     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2002.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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