A recent study pointed to a vitamin as a factor that may result to or contribute to the appearance of narcolepsy. A RESEARCH report published last year, uncovered a drop of vitamin D level in patients with narcolepsy with cataplexy (NC). Bertrand Carlander and six colleagues from the National Reference Network for Narcolepsy (NRNN) noted that vitamin D level in the blood of patients with NC only have 59.45 nanomole per liter (nm/L) compared to healthy people who register 74.73 nmol/L. NRNN is a reference desk for narcolepsy of the Hopital Gui-de-Chauliac Department of Neurology in Montepellier, France. Vitamin D has been known for its role in... [ READ MORE ] This article appears in SunStar Cebu newspaper on 18 January 2012.
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