title: Isolated cataplexy of more than 40 years' duration.
abstract: For over 40 years, a 55-year-old woman had suffered from cataplexy, which had been mistakenly identified as hysteria. Sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep-onset paralysis were not present. This is the longest duration of isolated cataplexy reported so far.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology/Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lammers
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Blansjaar
mesh_terms: D002385:Cataplexy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter / Q000502:physiology; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000502:physiology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate