Non-dipping blood pressure profile in narcolepsy with cataplexy.

BACKGROUND: Patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy (NC) mostly exhibit undetectable hypocretin levels. Hypocretin system is one of the key players in the complex interaction between sleep and the cardiovascular system. We tested the hypothesis that hypocretin deficiency affects cardiovascular risk facto...

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Main Authors: Yves Dauvilliers, Isabelle Jaussent, Benjamin Krams, Sabine Scholz, Stéphane Lado, Patrick Levy, Jean Louis Pepin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387234?pdf=render