Narcolepsy in Slovakia - Epidemiology, clinical and polysomnographic features, comorbid diagnoses: a case-control study.

Objective: An increase in the incidence of narcolepsy after the pandemic influenza with the H1N1 vaccination in 2009 resulted in an interest in narcolepsy epidemiology. The aim of the study was to examine the incidence and prevalence rates of narcolepsy and to describe the associated characteristics in Slovakia.

Methods: Epidemiology data were calculated for each year from 2000 to 2017 based on records found in specialized centres.

Narcolepsy and pregnancy: a retrospective European evaluation of 249 pregnancies.

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 < 0.

Assessment of pregnancy outcomes in Czech and Slovak women with narcolepsy.

Background: Narcolepsy is associated with altered metabolic functions. We sought to investigate the effect of narcolepsy on pregnancy and newborns.

Material/methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients in whom the first symptoms of narcolepsy appeared before or after pregnancy.