Narcolepsy and pregnancy: a retrospective European evaluation of 249 pregnancies

Summary In a retrospective cohort study undertaken in 12 European countries, 249 female narcoleptic patients with cataplexy (n = 216) and without cataplexy (n = 33) completed a self‐administrated questionnaire regarding pregnancy and childbirth. The cohort was divided further into patients whose sym...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of sleep research 2013-10, Vol.22 (5), p.496-512
Hauptverfasser: Maurovich‐Horvat, Eszter, Kemlink, David, Högl, Birgit, Frauscher, Birgit, Ehrmann, Laura, Geisler, Peter, Ettenhuber, Katharina, Mayer, Geert, Peraita‐Adrados, Rosa, Calvo, Elena, Lammers, Gert Jan, Heide, Astrid, Ferini‐Strambi, Luigi, Plazzi, Giuseppe, Poli, Francesca, Dauvilliers, Yves, Jennum, Poul, Leonthin, Helle, Mathis, Johannes, Wierzbicka, Aleksandra, Puertas, Francisco J., Beitinger, Pierre A., Arnulf, Isabelle, Riha, Renata L., Tormášiová, Maria, Slonková, Jana, Nevšímalová, Sona, Šonka, Karel
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Zusammenfassung:Summary In a retrospective cohort study undertaken in 12 European countries, 249 female narcoleptic patients with cataplexy (n = 216) and without cataplexy (n = 33) completed a self‐administrated questionnaire regarding pregnancy and childbirth. The cohort was divided further into patients whose symptoms of narcolepsy started before or during pregnancy (308 pregnancies) and those in whom the first symptoms of narcolepsy appeared after delivery (106 pregnancies). Patients with narcolepsy during pregnancy were older during their first pregnancy (P 
ISSN:0962-1105
1365-2869
DOI:10.1111/jsr.12047