title: Clinical screening for narcolepsy/cataplexy in patients with fibromyalgia.
abstract: We report two cases of fibromyalgia occurring during the course of a long-standing narcolepsy/cataplexy. This association is probably not fortuitous and we propose an easy clinical procedure to search for narcolepsy/cataplexy in these patients. Narcolepsy/cataplexy is a treatable condition requiring drugs that in turn may improve in the long-term symptoms of fibromyalgia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, CHU Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Disdier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Genton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolla
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Verrot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Christides
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Harlé
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weiller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology