Narcolepsy in Singapore: Is it an elusive disease?

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-93

  Puvanendran, K ^a   Seneviratne, Udaya ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Hypnogogic hallucinations; Rapid eye movement; Sleep paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NARCOLEPSY; PARASOMNIA; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINGAPORE; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 15044363622     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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