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Central Nervous System Hypersomnias

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Hypersomnias of central origin are relatively rare when compared to hypersomnia secondary to medical conditions like sleep-disordered breathing and consist of the following conditions: narcolepsy (type 1) with cataplexy, narcolepsy (type 2) without cataplexy, idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine–Levin syndrome, and behaviorally induced insufficient sleep syndrome

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  1. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3440 Market St # 410, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Lourdes M. DelRosso M.D.

  2. Department of Neurology, Louisiana State University of School of Medicine, 1501 Kings Highway, Shreveport, LA, 71103, USA

    Romy Hoque M.D.

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  1. Saint Louis University School of Med Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Raman K. Malhotra

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DelRosso, L.M., Hoque, R. (2015). Central Nervous System Hypersomnias. In: Malhotra, R. (eds) Sleepy or Sleepless. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18054-0_4

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