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Risk Factors for Narcolepsy by Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD

A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.

Very little is known about the risk factors for narcolepsy . Narcolepsy seems to run in some families; about 8%-30% of people with narcolepsy have another family member with the condition.

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Chen L, Fong SY, Lam CW, et al. The familial risk and HLA susceptibility among narcolepsy patients in Hong Kong, Chinese. Sleep. 2007;30:851-858.
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Narcolepsy. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health website. Available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/nar/nar_what.html . Updated November 2008. Accessed April 7, 2009.

Last reviewed October 2012 by Rimas Lukas, MD

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Risk Factors for Narcolepsy by Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD

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