Narcolepsy: etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

Narcolepsy: etiology, clinical features, diagnosis and treatment

[u][/u] Narcolepsy is a chronic hypersomnia characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and manifestations of disrupted rapid eye movement sleep stage (cataplexy, sleep paralysis, and hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations). Mechanisms underlying narcolepsy are not fully understood. Experimen...

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Main Authors: Jolanta B. Zawilska, Agata Woldan-Tambor, Anna Płocka, Katarzyna Kużajska, Jakub Wojcieszak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Index Copernicus International S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
Subjects:
Narcolepsy
Cataplexy
REM sleep disturbances
excessive daytime sleepiness
hypocretins
orexins
HLA-DQB1*0602
treatment of narcolepsy
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