Moebius syndrome, narcolepsy and parasomnias: Report on two patients

Somnologie

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-114

  Mayer, Geert ^a   Blanke, Jörg ^b  

^a Hephata Klinik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Moebius syndrome; Narcolepsy; Parasomnias

Indexed keywords

OREXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MULTIPLE SLEEP LATENCY TEST; NARCOLEPSY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 4043155591     PISSN: 14329123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-054X.2004.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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