Neurology 2006 May 23; 66(10): 1577-9 (Read article online)

Plazzi G, Parmeggiani A, Mignot E, Lin L, Scano MC, Posar A, Bernardi F, Lodi R, Tonon C, Barbiroli B, Montagna P, Cicognani A

In children, narcolepsy may be the symptom of a brain lesion or genetic disease. The authors report two cases with severe narcolepsy-cataplexy emerging in childhood in close temporal association with obesity and precocious puberty.