Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 422-426 , April 2009

Prevalence of narcolepsy in King County, Washington, USA

  • W.T. Longstreth Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, Box 359775, Harborview Medical Center, 325 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98040-2420, USA. Tel.: +1 206 744 3251; fax: +1 206 744 8787.
    • ,
  • Thanh G.N. Ton

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas Koepsell

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Vivian H. Gersuk

      Affiliations

    • The Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Audrey Hendrickson

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah Velde

      Affiliations

    • Neuroepidemiology Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Received 19 September 2007 ,Revised 24 May 2008 ,Accepted 28 May 2008.

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☆ Source of support: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke funded this study (NS038523).

PII: S1389-9457(08)00167-6

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.05.009

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 422-426 , April 2009

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