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Introduction: The importance of obstructive sleep apnea in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia is well-defined, but the surgical and anesthetic implications of other sleep disorders are less clear.
Vincent LaBarbera +4 more
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We report a case of probable encephalitis presenting as narcolepsy with cataplexy, but with cyclical exacerbation and cognitive difficulties. Our patient continued to worsen despite treatment for narcolepsy and later was thought to have an immune ...
Rafer Willenberg, Jonathan D. Bui
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Diagnosing and treating hypersomnolence in depression
Hypersomnolence, a broad presentation encompassing excessive daytime sleepiness, hypersomnia and sleep inertia, affects around 25 % of patients with a major depressive disorder. Yet, hypersomnolence is often overlook in clinical settings - which can prevent remission of the mood disorder in addition to significantly interfering with quality of life ...
Christophe Moderie
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Data-Driven Phenotyping of Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence With Unsupervised Clustering. [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recent studies fueled doubts as to whether all currently defined central disorders of hypersomnolence are stable entities, especially narcolepsy type 2 and idiopathic hypersomnia.
Heidbreder, A. +101 more
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Artery of Percheron Infarct: A Case Series [PDF]
The artery of Percheron (AOP), which is a rare anatomical variant, is characterized by a solitary common arterial trunk arising from the posterior cerebral artery (PCA).
Mugundhan Krishnan +6 more
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Diagnostic approach to transitory pediatric hypersomnolence. Case report
Introduction: Hypersomnolence is a common complaint from parents, caregivers, and patients themselves in pediatric clinical consultations, but it is often underestimated by clinicians.
José Francisco Cepeda-Torres
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Periodic hypersomnolence in a young female patient: a case report and literature review
Background Kleine–Levin syndrome (KLS) is a disease with periodic hypersomnolence accompanied by abnormal behavior with a rare prevalence in female. Case presentation Here, we report a young lady with chief complaint of hypersomnolence for 6 years of ...
Zahra Banafsheh Alemohammad +2 more
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A case of Kleine-Levin syndrome successfully treated with Escitalopram
Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is an extremely rare relapsing-remitting neuropsychiatric condition characterized by recurrent incidents of major hypersomnolence along with hyperphagia, hypersexual behavior, and mood or cognitive disturbances alternating ...
Balaswamy Reddy +2 more
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Narcolepsy with cataplexy after A/H1N1 vaccination – A case reported from Cuba
Narcolepsy with cataplexy is a rare sleep disorder with a neurological basis which has been recently linked to H1N1 vaccination either in children or adults. Cases from Europe, United States and Brasil were registered. Authors describe a case report of a
Yaimi Rosales Mesa +1 more
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Hypersomnolence in Wilson Disease [PDF]
Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism resulting in copper accumulation in a number of organs including the liver, brain, and cornea, predominantly leading to hepatic, neurologic, and psychiatric manifestations. An association between WD and sleep problems is not commonly recognized, and sleep complaints are often ...
Amann, Valerie C. +2 more
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