Open AccessNarcolepsy in African Americans
Author(s) -
Makoto Kawai,
Ruth O’Hara,
Mali Einen,
Ling Lin,
Emmanuel Mignot
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.5140
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , epworth sleepiness scale , cataplexy , multiple sleep latency test , polysomnography , medicine , ethnic group , psychology , sleep disorder , psychiatry , insomnia , excessive daytime sleepiness , neurology , apnea , sociology , anthropology
Although narcolepsy affects 0.02-0.05% of individuals in various ethnic groups, clinical presentation in different ethnicities has never been fully characterized. Our goal was to study phenotypic expression across ethnicities in the United States.
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