title: Narcolepsy.
abstract: Narcolepsy is among the leading causes of excessive daytime sleepiness and is the most common neurologic cause. Its classic form--narcolepsy with cataplexy--is a distinct neurologic disease with characteristic clinical and paraclinical findings. The history, epidemiology, clinical picture, pathophysiology, cause, diagnosis, and treatment, both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic, are discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Aldrich
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002385:Cataplexy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D017286:Polysomnography; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology