Narcolepsy following COVID-19: A case report and review of potential mechanisms.

Yazdani RoyaFarzaneh BarzkarAlmasi-Dooghaee MostafaShojaie MahsaZamani Babak

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

The patient is a 33-year-old Iranian woman without a significant past medical history with the full range of narcolepsy symptoms that started within 2 weeks after her recovery from COVID-19. Sleep studies revealed increased sleep latency and three sleep-onset rapid eye movement events, compatible with a narcolepsy-cataplexy diagnosis.

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