1963
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-196312000-00002
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Narcolepsy and Other Disturbances in the Sleep-Waking Rhythm

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“…The gene associated with narcolepsy is located on the short arm of chromosome 6 3 . In 75% of narcoleptic patients there is also one or more of the associated symptoms of cataplexy, sleep paralysis or hypnogogic hallucinations; 4 the remaining 25% suffer only from sleepiness 5 and it is this form, monosymptomatic narcolepsy, that would fit our patient. It is, though, most unusual for the condition to develop in the seventh decade of life.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 70%
“…The gene associated with narcolepsy is located on the short arm of chromosome 6 3 . In 75% of narcoleptic patients there is also one or more of the associated symptoms of cataplexy, sleep paralysis or hypnogogic hallucinations; 4 the remaining 25% suffer only from sleepiness 5 and it is this form, monosymptomatic narcolepsy, that would fit our patient. It is, though, most unusual for the condition to develop in the seventh decade of life.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 70%
“…Sours (1963) errechnete ein mittleres Erkrankungsalter von 18,2 Jahren. Erstmanifestationen vor der Pubertät und nach dem 40igsten Lebensjahr sind selten und müssen zum Ausschluß einer sekundä-ren Narkolepsie Anlaß geben.…”
Section: Manifestations-alterunclassified
“…Patienten mit idiopathischer Narkolepsie behalten ihre Symptome bis ins hohe Alter. So sind Patienten mit einer Erkrankungsdauer von 30 Jahren (Sours 1963) und 50 Jahren (Yoss und Daly 1960) beschrieben.…”
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“…The periods of sleep of narcoleptics seem to be of short duration -a matter of minutes (18,77). The association with REM phenomena could also explain the other three symptoms of the narcolepsy tetrad, (cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations [143]). The cataplexy of narcoleptics occurs as a sudden loss of muscle tone following the expression of affect.…”
Section: Specific Sleep Disorders and Rem Sleepmentioning
confidence: 99%