| TOPIC OF THE ISSUE: CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2012 | Volume
: 60
| Issue : 1 | Page : 79--81 |
Narcolepsy: A case from India with polysomnographic findings
Ravi Gupta1, Deepak Goel2, Robert Farney3, Jim Walker3
1 Department of Psychiatry, Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Doiwala, Dehradun, India
2 Department of Neurology, Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Doiwala, Dehradun, India
3 Division of Sleep Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, India
Correspondence Address:
Ravi Gupta
Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun - 248140
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.93605
Narcolepsy is a common sleep disorder with a prevalence of about 0.02%. However, it may remain largely unrecognized in the Indian population owing to the perceived low prevalence. To the best of our knowledge there is only one case of narcolepsy reported from India so far. We present a case of narcolepsy with cataplexy with classical clinical and polysomnographic findings of narcolepsy.
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