Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 399-405 , December 2005

How age influences the expression of narcolepsy

  • Maurice M. Ohayon

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Suite 102, 3430 W. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA. Tel.: +1 650 494 1137; fax: +1 650 947 9813, +1 650 493 1225
    • ,
  • Luidgi Ferini-Strambi

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Università Vita e Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Plazzi

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Salvatore Smirne

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Medicine Centre, State University and Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Vincenza Castronovo

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Center, Università Vita e Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Received 3 May 2005 ,Accepted 9 June 2005.

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PII: S0022-3999(05)00189-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.065

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 59, Issue 6 , Pages 399-405 , December 2005

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