Pseudocataplexy in narcolepsy with cataplexy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-594

  Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Khatami, Ramin ^b   Serra, Leonardo ^a   Pizza, Fabio ^a   Bassetti, Claudio L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Neurocenter ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataplexy; Differential diagnosis; Narcolepsy; Pseudocataplexy; Pseudoseizure; Video polygraphy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATAPLEXY; CHILD; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; MUSCLE ATONIA; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHT SLEEP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCATAPLEXY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPEECH; STARTLE REFLEX; VIDEO POLYGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMOTION; GENETICS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPEPTIDES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VIDEO RECORDING; HLA-DQ BETA-CHAINS;

HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA-DQB1 ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 77953361838     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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