Narcolepsy
Study finds narcolepsy cases in China peak in early spring
Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 7th, 2011
2011 SEP 7 -- New research shows that the occurrence of narcolepsy in China is highly correlated to a seasonal pattern, with onset most frequent in April. A significant increase in narcolepsy cases was also observed following the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, but the findings now available in Annals of Neurology, a journal of the American Neurological Association and the Child Neurology Society, report flu vaccination was unlikely the cause of the increase.
Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that is caused by a loss of hypocretin-a neurotransmitter in the brain that is responsible for communication of biological processes, such as sleep. When brain...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-09-07)
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