Diagnostic ambiguities in a case of post-traumatic nacrolepsy with cataplexy

Brain Injury

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-326

  Bruck, Dorothy ^a   Broughton, R J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; REM SLEEP; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 1142291663     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050310001617433     Document Type: Article

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