Narcolepsy as an adverse event following immunization: Case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis and presentation

• Francesca Poli^{a, 2},
• Sebastiaan Overeem^{b, 2, , ,} ,
• Gert Jan Lammers^{c, 2},
• Giuseppe Plazzi^{a, 2},
• Michel Lecendreux^{d, 2},
• Claudio L. Bassetti^{e, 1, 2},
• Yves Dauvilliers^{f, 1, 2},
• Daniel Keene^{g, 1, 2},
• Ramin Khatami^{h, 1, 2},
• Yulin Li^{i, j, 1, 2},
• Geert Mayer^{k, 1, 2},
• Hanna Nohynek^{l, 1, 2},
• Barbara Pahud^{m, 1, 2},
• Teresa Paiva^{n, 1, 2},
• Markku Partinen^{o, 1, 2},
• Thomas E. Scammell^{p, 1, 2},
• Tom Shimabukuro^{q, 1, 2},
• Miriam Sturkenboom^{r, 1, 2},
• Kristy van Dinther^{s, 1, 2},
• Max Wiznitzer^{t, 1, 2},
• Jan Bonhoeffer^{i, j, 2}

• ^a IRCCS Istituto delle ScienzeNeurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
• ^b Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands
• ^c Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
• ^d Robert Debré Hospital, Paris VII University, Paris, France
• ^e Neurology Department, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
• ^f Montpellier University Hospital Center, Montpellier, France
• ^g Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
• ^h Klinik Barmelweid, Barmelweid, Switzerland
• ⁱ University Children Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• ^j Brighton Collaboration Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
• ^k Hephata Clinic, Schwalmstadt-Treysa, Germany
• ^l National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
• ^m Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, Kansas City, MO, USA
• ⁿ Sleep Medicine Center – CENC, Medical Faculty of Lisbon, Portugal
• ^o University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
• ^p Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
• ^q Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
• ^r Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• ^s CSL Biotherapies, Parkville, Australia
• ^t Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, USA

Available online 16 December 2012