A Case Report of Narcolepsy with Partial Cataplexy Misdiagnosed as Epilepsy
Cataplexy is present in 70% of narcolepsy patients; narcolepsy with cataplexy is now named as narcolepsy type 1 in recent classification of sleep disorders. Cataplexy is defined as short lasting decrease or loss of muscle tone. Here we present a 9-year-old girl misdiagnosed as epilepsy due to distor...
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| Language: | English |
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Galenos Yayinevi
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://jtsm.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/a-case-report-of-narcolepsy-with-partial-cataplexy/10249 |