Agenesis of the corpus callosum associated with narcolepsy-cataplexy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-258

  Pelidou, Sigliti Henrietta ^a   Giannopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Lagos, Georgios ^a   Kyritsis, Athanassios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Cataplexy; Corpus callosum; Narcolepsy

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; IMIPRAMINE; MODAFINIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CATALEPSY; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; WEAKNESS;

CATAPLEXY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849093498     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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