Diseases

Disorders of Excessive Somnolence

Disorders characterized by hypersomnolence during normal waking hours that may impair cognitive functioning. Subtypes include primary hypersomnia disorders (e.g., IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNOLENCE; NARCOLEPSY; and KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME) and secondary hypersomnia disorders where excessive somnolence can be attributed to a known cause (e.g., drug affect, MENTAL DISORDERS, and SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME). (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):192-202; Thorpy, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 2nd ed, p320)

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Disorders characterized by hypersomnolence during normal waking hours that may impair cognitive functioning. Subtypes include primary hypersomnia disorders (e.g., IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNOLENCE; NARCOLEPSY; and KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME) and secondary hypersomnia disorders where excessive somnolence can be attributed to a known cause (e.g., drug affect, MENTAL DISORDERS, and SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME). (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):192-202; Thorpy, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 2nd ed, p320)

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  • DOES (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence)
  • Excessive Somnolence Disorders
  • Hypersomnolence Disorders
  • DOESs (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence)
  • Excessive Somnolence Disorder
  • Hypersomnolence Disorder
  • Somnolence Disorder, Excessive
  • Daytime Sleepiness
  • Daytime Somnolence
  • Excessive Daytime Sleepiness
  • Hypersomnia
  • Hypersomnia, Recurrent
  • Hypersomnolence
  • Hypersomnolence Disorders, Primary
  • Hypersomnolence Disorders, Secondary
  • Primary Hypersomnia Disorders
  • Primary Hypersomnolence Disorders
  • Secondary Hypersomnia Disorders
  • Secondary Hypersomnolence Disorders
  • Daytime Sleepiness, Excessive
  • Daytime Sleepinesses
  • Daytime Somnolences
  • Excessive Daytime Sleepinesses
  • Hypersomnia Disorder, Primary
  • Hypersomnia Disorder, Secondary
  • Hypersomnias
  • Hypersomnolence Disorder, Primary
  • Hypersomnolence Disorder, Secondary
  • Primary Hypersomnia Disorder
  • Primary Hypersomnolence Disorder
  • Recurrent Hypersomnia
  • Recurrent Hypersomnias
  • Secondary Hypersomnia Disorder
  • Secondary Hypersomnolence Disorder
  • Sleepiness, Daytime
  • Sleepiness, Excessive Daytime
  • Somnolence, Daytime

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2000(1975)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Disorders of Excessive Somnolence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006970. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006970
  2. Disorders of Excessive Somnolence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersomnia
  3. Disorders of Excessive Somnolence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751641