Decreased incidence of childhood narcolepsy 2 years after the 2009 H1N1 winter flu pandemic

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 560-

  Han, Fang ^a   Lin, Ling ^b   Li, Jing ^a   Dong, Xiao Song ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; BODY MASS; CATAPLEXY; CHILDHOOD NARCOLEPSY; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RISK; SOMNOLENCE;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878411705     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23799     Document Type: Letter

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