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Descriptor English: Narcolepsy
Descriptor Spanish: Narcolepsia
Descriptor narcolepsia
Entry term(s) sueño paroxístico
síndrome de Gelineau
síndrome de cataplejía-narcolepsia
Scope note: Afección caracterizada por episodios recurrentes de somnolencia diurna y lapsos de inconsciencia (microsomnias) que pueden asociarse con conductas automáticas y AMNESIA. Con frecuencia la CATAPLEJÍA, PARÁLISIS DEL SUEÑO y ALUCINACIONES hipnagógicas acompañan a la narcolepsia. La fisiopatología de este trastorno incluye movimientos oculares rápidos al comienzo del sueño (REM), que normalmente se producen después de la etapa III o IV del sueño. (Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)
Descriptor Portuguese: Narcolepsia
Descriptor French: Narcolepsie
Entry term(s): Gelineau Syndrome
Gelineau's Syndrome
Gelineau's Syndromes
Gelineaus Syndrome
Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes
Narcoleptic Syndrome
Narcoleptic Syndromes
Paroxysmal Sleep
Sleep, Paroxysmal
Syndrome, Gelineau
Syndrome, Gelineau's
Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy
Syndrome, Narcoleptic
Syndromes, Gelineau's
Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy
Syndromes, Narcoleptic
Tree number(s): C10.886.425.800.200.750
F03.870.400.800.200.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009290
Scope note: A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(63)
DeCS ID: 9485
Unique ID: D009290
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Narcolepsy - Preferred
Concept UI M0014471
Scope note A condition characterized by recurrent episodes of daytime somnolence and lapses in consciousness (microsomnias) that may be associated with automatic behaviors and AMNESIA. CATAPLEXY; SLEEP PARALYSIS, and hypnagogic HALLUCINATIONS frequently accompany narcolepsy. The pathophysiology of this disorder includes sleep-onset rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which normally follows stage III or IV sleep. (From Neurology 1998 Feb;50(2 Suppl 1):S2-S7)
Preferred term Narcolepsy
Entry term(s) Gelineau Syndrome
Gelineau's Syndrome
Gelineau's Syndromes
Gelineaus Syndrome
Narcoleptic Syndrome
Narcoleptic Syndromes
Paroxysmal Sleep
Sleep, Paroxysmal
Syndrome, Gelineau
Syndrome, Gelineau's
Syndrome, Narcoleptic
Syndromes, Gelineau's
Syndromes, Narcoleptic
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome - Narrower
Concept UI M0334764
Preferred term Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome
Entry term(s) Narcolepsy Cataplexy Syndrome
Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndromes
Syndrome, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy
Syndromes, Narcolepsy-Cataplexy



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