Oculomasticatory myorhythmia and agrypnia excitata guide the diagnosis of Whipple disease

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1428-1430

  Calandra Buonaura, Giovanna ^a,b   Provini, Federica ^a,b   Guaraldi, Pietro ^a,b   Pizza, Fabio ^a,b   Cecere, Annagrazia ^b   Barletta, Giorgio ^a,b   Lugaresi, Elio ^b   Pierangeli, Giulia ^a,b   Cortelli, Pietro ^a,b  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrypnia excitata; Impaired thermoregulation; Oculomasticatory myorhythmia; Oneiric stupor; Sleep loss; Whipple disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAPHORESIS; DYSARTHRIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONREM SLEEP; OCULOMASTICATORY MYORHYTHMIA; OXYGEN DESATURATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STUPOR; WAKEFULNESS;

AGRYPNIA EXCITATA; IMPAIRED THERMOREGULATION; OCULOMASTICATORY MYORHYTHMIA; ONEIRIC STUPOR; SLEEP LOSS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

ADULT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 84888128260     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.06.022     Document Type: Article

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