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Narcolepsy

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Definition: A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)     
Examples Cataplexy 		Other names Paroxysmal Sleep; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome; Gelineau Syndrome; Syndromes, Narcoleptic; Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy; Syndromes, Gelineau's; Syndrome, Narcoleptic; Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy; Syndrome, Gelineau's; Syndrome, Gelineau; Sleep, Paroxysmal; Narcoleptic Syndromes; Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes; Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome; Gelineaus Syndrome; Gelineau's Syndromes; Narcoleptic Syndrome; Gelineau's Syndrome
 
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Irresistible sleepiness, cataplexy and onset of sleep in desynchronized phase  0   *Narcolepsy.

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