Narcolepsy - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

[Narcolepsy and other hypersomnias]

6 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy is currently categorized into three groups; narcolepsy with and without emotionally triggered loss of muscle tone (cataplexy), and narcolepsy secondary to other medical conditions. Many patients with hypersomnia are diagnosed ... Read more...

Narcolepsy with long sleep time: a specific entity?

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The classical narcolepsy patient reports intense feelings of sleepiness (with/out cataplexy), normal or disrupted nighttime sleep, and takes short and restorative naps. However, with long-term monitoring, we identified some narcoleptics ... Read more...

Treatment of narcolepsy.

30 May 2009 Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized, in its classical form, by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) with irresistible episodes of sleep, cataplexy, disrupted nocturnal sleep, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations and sleep paralysis. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Narcolepsy - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Normalization of hypocretin-1 in narcolepsy after intravenous immunoglobulin treatment. 18 Oct 2009
• [Narcolepsy and other hypersomnias] 6 Oct 2009
• Narcolepsy with long sleep time: a specific entity? 30 Aug 2009
• Nail-gun narcolepsy. 16 Jul 2009
• Narcolepsy an often missed diagnosis: first documented case from India. 29 Jun 2009
• Narcolepsy. Interview by Norman Sussman. 30 May 2009
• Treatment of narcolepsy. 30 May 2009
• EFNS guidelines on disease-specific CSF investigations. 30 May 2009
• Quantitative study of the sleep onset period via detrended fluctuation analysis: normal vs. narcoleptic subjects. 22 May 2009
• Cataplexy in anxious patients: is subclinical narcolepsy underrecognized in anxiety disorders? 3 May 2009
• Evidence for metabolic hypothalamo-amygdala dysfunction in narcolepsy. 29 Apr 2009
• Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in narcolepsy to study the limbic mechanisms of cataplexy. 29 Apr 2009
• Narcolepsy--master of disguise: evidence-based recommendations for management. 29 Apr 2009
• Prevalence of the HLA-DQB1*0602 allele in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia patients seen at a sleep disorders outpatient unit in São Paulo. 27 Feb 2009
• Index of suspicion. 27 Feb 2009
• Excessive daytime sleepiness. 27 Feb 2009
• A polysomnographic study of daytime sleepiness in myotonic dystrophy type 1. 9 Feb 2009
• Decreased CSF histamine in narcolepsy with and without low CSF hypocretin-1 in comparison to healthy controls. 30 Jan 2009
• Searching for marker of REM sleep behavior disorder: submentalis muscle EMG amplitude analysis during sleep in patients with narcolepsy/cataplexy. 30 Jan 2009
• CSF histamine contents in narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. 30 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Narcolepsy'

Definition: A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)

Descriptor UI: D009290

Alternative terms: Narcolepsy; Narcoleptic Syndrome; Narcoleptic Syndromes; Syndrome, Narcoleptic; Syndromes, Narcoleptic; Gelineau's Syndrome; Gelineau's Syndromes; Gelineaus Syndrome; Syndrome, Gelineau's; Syndromes, Gelineau's; Gelineau Syndrome; Syndrome, Gelineau; Paroxysmal Sleep; Sleep, Paroxysmal; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome; Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes; Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy; Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy;

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Tree Number: C10.886.425.800.200.750; F03.870.400.800.200.750;

History Note: 67(63)