| Title |
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Narcolepsy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, June 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11910-014-0469-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sona Nevsimalova |
| Abstract |
Narcolepsy in children is a serious disorder marked by a chronic course and lifelong handicap in school performance and choice of employment, by free time activity limitation, and by behavior and personality changes, all of which constitute a major influence on the quality of life. Increased daytime sleepiness may be the only sign at the disease onset, with attacks of sleep becoming longer and lasting up to hours. Also present may be confusional arousals with features of sleep drunkenness. Paradoxically, preschool and young children may show inattentiveness, emotional lability, and hyperactive behavior. Cataplexy may develop after onset of sleepiness and affect mainly muscles of the face. Hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis are seldom present. Multiple Sleep Latency Test criteria are not available for children younger than 6 years. The haplotype (HLA-DQB1:0602) can be associated with the disorder; however, the best predictor of narcolepsy-cataplexy is hypocretin deficiency. The treatment generally used in adults is regarded as off-label in childhood, which is why the management of pediatric narcolepsy is difficult. |
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| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
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| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 6 | 11% |
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