High Prevalence of Precocious Puberty and Obesity in Childhood Narcolepsy with Cataplexy | Zendy

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High Prevalence of Precocious Puberty and Obesity in Childhood Narcolepsy with Cataplexy

Author(s) -

Francesca Poli,

Fabio Pizza,

Emmanuel Mignot,

Raffaele Ferri,

Uberto Pagotto,

Shahrad Taheri,

Elena Finotti,

Filippo Bernardi,

Piero Pirazzoli,

Alessandro Cicognani,

Antonio Balsamo,

Lino Nobili,

Oliviero Bruni,

Giuseppe Plazzi

Publication year - 2013

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.2366

Subject(s) - precocious puberty , medicine , overweight , narcolepsy , adrenarche , endocrinology , body mass index , obesity , bone age , pediatrics , hormone , neurology , psychiatry

We analyzed the potential predictive factors for precocious puberty, observed in some cases of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC) and for obesity, a much more common feature of NC, through a systematic assessment of pubertal staging, body mass index (BMI), and metabolic/endocrine biochemical analyses.

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