Narcolepsy Confirmed as Autoimmune Disease
Scientific American: Mind and Brain
As the H1N1 swine flu pandemic swept the world in 2009, China saw a spike in cases of narcolepsy -- a mysterious disorder that involves sudden, uncontrollable sleepiness. Meanwhile, in Europe, around 1 in 15,000 children who were given Pandemrix -- a now-defunct flu vaccine that contained fragments of the pandemic virus -- also developed narcolepsy, a chronic disease.
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Original Article: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=narcolepsy-confirmed-as-a-autoimmune-disease
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