Clinical and polysomnographic course of childhood narcolepsy with cataplexy. [PDF]
, 2013 Our aim was to investigate the natural evolution of cataplexy and polysomnographic features in untreated children with narcolepsy with cataplexy. To this end, clinical, polysomnographic, and cataplexy-video assessments were performed at diagnosis (mean ...
American Academy of Sleep Medicine +58 more
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A Case Report of Narcolepsy with Partial Cataplexy Misdiagnosed as Epilepsy
Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2015 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.
Gülçin Benbir Senel, Derya Karadeniz
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Narcolepsy and Cataplexy – a practical approach to diagnosis and managing the impact of this chronic condition on children and their families [PDF]
, 2017 Narcolepsy is a relatively common neurological condition affecting the regulation of normal sleep/wake cycles leading to excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS).
Blackwell, J +3 more
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Biomarcadores tradicionias em narcolepsia: experiência de um centro de sono brasileiro [PDF]
, 2010 This study was thought to characterized clinical and laboratory findings of a narcoleptic patients in an out patients unit at São Paulo, Brazil. METHOD: 28 patients underwent polysomnographic recordings (PSG) and Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) were ...
Bittencourt, Lia Rita Azeredo +7 more
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Anomalous hypothalamic responses to humor in cataplexy.
PLoS ONE, 2008 BackgroundCataplexy is observed in a subset of patients with narcolepsy and affects approximately 1 in 2,000 persons. Cataplexy is most often triggered by strong emotions such as laughter, which can result in transient, yet debilitating, muscle atonia ...
Allan L Reiss +5 more
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei invasion and T-cell infiltration of the brain parenchyma in experimental sleeping sickness: timing and correlation with functional changes [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The timing of Trypanosoma brucei entry into the brain parenchyma to initiate the second, meningoencephalitic stage of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is currently debated and even parasite invasion of the neuropil has ...
Bentivoglio, Marina +8 more
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Missense Variants in the A Isoform of FGF13 as a Novel Cause of Paroxysmal Dyskinesia
Movement Disorders, EarlyView.Abstract Background Pathogenic variants within the unique N‐terminal inactivation particle of FGF13 isoform A (FGF13A) have so far been associated only with an X‐linked dominant epileptic encephalopathy (DEE). Objective The aim was to expand the clinical and molecular spectrum of FGF13A‐related disorder.
Cyril Mignot +22 more
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Estudo dos linfócitos T CD4, CD8 e B em pacientes com narcolepsia [PDF]
, 2007 Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleep and cataplexy. Little is known about the possible difference in pathophysiology between patients with or without cataplexy.
Alves, Gabriela Rodrigues +6 more
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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 1977 The case is described of a man who developed attacks of cataplexy, narcolepsy, and sleep paralysis because of microglioma which infiltrated the walls and floor of the IIIrd ventricle and the upper brain stem. The mechanisms by which the pathology is related to the symptoms are discussed.
M, Anderson, M V, Salmon
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Brazilian guidelines for the diagnosis of narcolepsy [PDF]
, 2010 Este artigo relata as conclusões da reunião de consenso com médicos especialistas sobre diagnóstico de narcolepsia baseada na revisão dos artigos sobre narcolepsia listados no Medline entre 1980 e 2010.
ALVES, Rosana Cardoso +28 more
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