Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 967-972 , October 2009

Does age at the onset of narcolepsy influence the course and severity of the disease?

  • Sona Nevsimalova

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Katerinska 30, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +420 224965562; fax: +420 224922678.
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  • Jitka Buskova

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Katerinska 30, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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  • David Kemlink

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Katerinska 30, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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  • Karel Sonka

      Affiliations

    • Charles University, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Katerinska 30, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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  • Jelena Skibova

      Affiliations

    • Statistical Department, Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Videnska 1958/9, 140 21 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Received 4 December 2008 ,Revised 22 January 2009 ,Accepted 29 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.01.010

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 967-972 , October 2009

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