Genetic study of narcoleptic syndrome.
In this family study of the narcoleptic syndrome, 52% of the probands had an affected first degree relative, 41.9% of the sibs of those probands with an affected parent were similarly affected, 33.3% of the parents of 2 affected sibs and 41.2% of the children (after a correction for age) had narcolepsy, cataplexy, or both.
D000367:Age Factors; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D013577:Syndrome