Comparison of the clinical and electrophysiological characteristics between type 1 and type 2 narcolepsy: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Introduction Narcolepsy is a chronic brain disease characterized by excessive sleepiness and classified into two types based on the presence of cataplexy or reduced level of cerebrospinal fluid orexin-A (hypocretine-1): narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) and narcolepsy type 2 (NT2). These two types di...

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Main Authors: Kuniyuki Niijima, Masakazu Wakai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Sleep Science and Practice
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41606-023-00091-3