What is the diagnostic criteria for narcolepsy type 1?
The current ICSD-3 (2014) diagnostic criteria for narcolepsy with cataplexy (type 1) include the following:
1) a complaint of excessive daytime sleepiness occurring almost daily for at least 3 months
(2) the presence of cataplexy with a mean sleep latency of ≤8 minutes and two or more SOREMPs on an MSLT.
Alternatively, CSF hypocretin-1 concentration is ≤110 pg/mL or one-third of the mean normal control values.
