Frequency and severity of autonomic symptoms in idiopathic hypersomnia

Idiopathic hypersomnia

This article includes discussion of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH), which is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty awakening (sleep drunkenness), and undisturbed overnight sleep without cataplexy or known cause of excessive sleepiness. Excessive sleepiness (hypersomnolence) of unknown etiology, which cannot be explained by another disorder, would be considered idiopathic hypers...

: metadiscourse in introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics research articles: exploring variation in frequency and type

abstract in written mode of language, metadiscourse markers are used commonly to help writers in general and academic writers in particular to produce coherent and professional texts. the purpose of the present study was to compare introduction sections of applied linguistics and physics articles regarding their use of interactive and interactional metadiscourse markers based on the model pro...

IgG Abnormality in Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia

BACKGROUND A close association between narcolepsy and the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DQB1*0602 allele suggests the involvement of the immune system, or possibly an autoimmune process. We investigated serum IgG levels in narcolepsy. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We measured the serum total IgG levels in 159 Japanese narcolepsy-cataplexy patients positive for the HLA-DQB1*0602 allele, 28 id...

Idiopathic hypersomnia: a study of 77 cases.

STUDY OBJECTIVES To review the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of idiopathic hypersomnia as well as the long-term response to treatment. SETTING The Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK. PATIENTS AND DESIGN A large database of more than 6000 patients with sleep disorders was reviewed. A retrospective study of the clinical and polysomnographi...

Frequency of cranial autonomic symptoms (cas) in migraine patients