Open AccessGlucose Tolerance in Patients with Narcolepsy
Author(s) -
P. Beitinger,
Stephany Fulda,
Mira Dalal,
Renate Wehrle,
Marietta Keckeis,
Thomas C. Wetter,
Fang Han,
Thomas Pollmächer,
Andreas Schuld
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.1628
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , obesity , diabetes mellitus , medicine , endocrinology , psychiatry , modafinil
Obesity is a common feature of narcolepsy. In addition, an increased occurrence of non-insulin dependent diabetes has been reported. So far, it is not known whether glucose metabolism in narcolepsy is disturbed due to, or independently of obesity.
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