Abstract
Childhood narcolepsy can be a key to our understanding of the pathogenesis of the disease and therefore, the most recent research has been focused on the possibility of autoimmune-mediated destruction of hypocretin/orexin containing neurons in the hypothalamus and on early diagnosis. However, the diagnosis of childhood narcolepsy is more difficult than in the later life, particularly for the specific symptoms appearing in early childhood.
The chapter is focused on the possibility of diagnosis and management of childhood narcolepsy.