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LMOD3 gene variant in familial periodic hypersomnolence [PDF]

open access: yesSleep Medicine, 2022
INTRODUCTION Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare and debilitating disorder presenting with periodic hypersomnolence, cognitive, psychiatric and behavioral disturbances. In the absence of biomarkers it can be difficult to diagnose.
Elena Wenz   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Hypersomnolence and Accidents in Truck Drivers: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesChronobiology International, 2006
Truck drivers are more likely to suffer severe injury and death due to certain truck driving characteristics. Identifying and preventing factors associated with accidents in this population is important to minimize damage and improve road safety ...
Marco Tulio De Mello   +1 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence

Continuum, 2023
The goals of this article are to describe the clinical approach to and management of patients with central disorders of hypersomnolence, and to understand and differentiate available diagnostic tools.Updated clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of central disorders of hypersomnolence and narcolepsy specifically highlight new treatment options.
Margaret, Blattner, Kiran, Maski
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Treatment of Disorders of Hypersomnolence

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2014
In the absence of sleep deprivation (either because of behavioral or medical causes) or pharmacologically induced sleepiness, hypersomnia is a manifestation of one of the central disorders of hypersomnolence, such as narcolepsy types 1 and 2, idiopathic hypersomnia, and recurrent hypersomnias such as Kleine-Levin syndrome.
Olufemi, Adenuga, Hrayr, Attarian
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Novel Objective Measures of Hypersomnolence

Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 2023
To provide a brief overview of current objective measures of hypersomnolence, discuss proposed measure modifications, and review emerging measures.There is potential to optimize current tools using novel metrics. High-density and quantitative EEG-based measures may provide discriminative informative. Cognitive testing may quantify cognitive dysfunction
Alex Dworetz   +2 more
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Hypersomnolence and Traffic Safety

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2017
Many people die or become disabled because of motor vehicle accidents. Scientific data suggest that sleepy drivers or those driving at odd hours are more likely to make driving mistakes. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy have been found to exhibit higher rates of falling asleep while driving. Treatment enhances the vigilance of these
Ravi, Gupta   +3 more
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An Unusual Case of Hypersomnolence

Annals of African Medicine
Abstract A young woman presented with acute-onset hypersomnia. Due to the acute onset, the possibility of secondary cause was considered. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was showing involvement of deep gray structures surrounding the third ventricle such as thalamus, hypothalamus, and caudate nucleus with true diffusion ...
Pravin Umakant, Naphade   +3 more
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Hypersomnolence Disorders

2020
Despite varied classification systems, hypersomnolence disorders (or central disorders of hypersomnolence) are a group of disorders with a common symptom of excessive daytime sleepiness. In addition to a thorough clinical interview and examination, the assessment of hypersomnolence may require clinical investigations such as polysomnography and the ...
Sulaiman Alhifzi   +3 more
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Drug-Induced Hypersomnolence

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2017
Daytime somnolence is among the most commonly reported drug side effects. The United States has the highest rate of motor vehicular accident (MVA) deaths with sedating drug use a factor in more than 30%. Sedating drug use extends beyond drugs of abuse to sedating medications. This paper presents pharmacodynamics, performance and driving tests, and MVAs
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Hypersomnolence in a 17-year-old Boy

Pediatrics In Review, 2021
1. Laura Cannon, MD* 2. Heather Van Mater, MD, MS* 3. Carolyn Pizoli, MD, PhD* 1. *Duke Children’s Hospital, Durham, NC 1. Address correspondence to Laura Cannon, MD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke Children’s Hospital, 2301 Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27710.
Laura, Cannon   +2 more
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