Prader-Willi syndrome, excessive daytime sleepiness, and narcoleptic symptoms: a case report
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Prader-Willi syndrome, excessive daytime sleepiness, and narcoleptic symptoms: a case report
INTRODUCTION Sleep abnormalities, including narcolepsy and cataplexy, are a common feature of Prader-Willi syndrome. Long-term treatment with the central nervous system stimulant modafinil has not been reported. In this case report we present a longitudinal perspective of sleep abnormalities in a nine-year-old Caucasian girl with Prader-Willi syndrome from age two to age nine, and detail the re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-127