Childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy: Comparison between post-H1N1 vaccination and sporadic cases

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 262-265

  Pizza, Fabio ^a,b   Peltola, Hanna ^c   Sarkanen, Tomi ^c   Moghadam, Keivan K ^a,b   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Partinen, Markku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO DELLE SCIENZE NEUROLOGICHE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Vitalmed Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Influenza; Narcolepsy with cataplexy; Pandemic H1N1; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; INFLUENZA; NARCOLEPSY WITH CATAPLEXY; PANDEMIC H1N1; VACCINATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA VACCINES; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84895116734     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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