Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report

SUMMARY: Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, characterized by uncontrollable excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplectic episodes, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations, and night time sleep disruption. The paper reviewed the related literature and reported a case of long-term drinking...

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Autor principal: Wang, Xinyuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328357
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.05.010
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description SUMMARY: Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, characterized by uncontrollable excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplectic episodes, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations, and night time sleep disruption. The paper reviewed the related literature and reported a case of long-term drinking induced narcolepsy which was significantly improved after treatment with paroxetine and dexzopiclone.
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spelling pubmed-41988822014-10-17 Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report Wang, Xinyuan Shanghai Arch Psychiatry Case Report SUMMARY: Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, characterized by uncontrollable excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplectic episodes, sleep paralysis, hypnagogic hallucinations, and night time sleep disruption. The paper reviewed the related literature and reported a case of long-term drinking induced narcolepsy which was significantly improved after treatment with paroxetine and dexzopiclone. Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry 2012-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4198882/ /pubmed/25328357 http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.05.010 Text en Copyright © 2012 by Editorial Department of the Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report
title Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report
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title_fullStr Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report
title_short Narcolepsy induced by chronic heavy alcohol consumption: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328357
http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1002-0829.2012.05.010
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