Misdiagnoses in a Chinese narcoleptic patient with delayed onset of cataplexy

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 186-188

  Chung, W S ^a,b   Wing, Y K ^a   Chiu, H F K ^a   Lee, T S ^a   Chen, C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CHINESE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; ANXIETY; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC;

ANXIETY; CATAPLEXY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PANIC DISORDER;

EID: 18044393271     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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