Childhood narcolepsy and autism spectrum disorders – an underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric association?

Introduction: Childhood narcolepsy is associated with various emotional, behavioural and cognitive dysfunctions as well as with psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders: anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and psychosis. A relationship between these conditions is not clear–comorbidity as well as similar pathophysiological mechanisms can be suggested. The aim of our study is to describe four children with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) and new comorbidity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD)–Asperger syndrome.

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