Narcolepsy-cataplexy associated with precocious puberty.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Cataplexy
- Hypothalamus
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Narcolepsy
- Neuropeptides
- Puberty, Precocious