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Narcolepsia
(Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, 2007-01-01)
BACKGROUND: Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological syndrome with prevalence between 0.018% and 0.040% without important ethnic differences. Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy. The ...
Prevalence of the HLA-DQB1*0602 allele in narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia patients seen at a sleep disorders outpatient unit in São Paulo
(Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria - ABP, 2009-03-01)
OBJECTIVE: Narcolepsy (with and without cataplexy) and idiopathic hypersomnia, are disorders with common features but with different HLA-DQB1*0602 allele prevalence. The present study describes the prevalence of HLA-DQB1*0602 ...
Narcolepsy – genes, infections and vaccines: the clues for a new autoimmune disease
a with disease rare a considered is narcolepsy, world suggesting, another to region one from varies prevalence Its]. 2[ In]. 1 [factors environmental and genetic of importance the strong its to due mostly, nature autoimmune ...
Hyperhidrosis in sleep disorders - A narrative review of mechanisms and clinical significance
(WILEY, 2022)
Hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating beyond thermoregulatory needs that affects patients' quality of life. It results from an excessive stimulation of eccrine sweat glands in the skin by the sympathetic ...
Increased interferon-mediated immunity following in vitro and in vivo Modafinil treatment on peripheral immune cells
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2018)
The wake-promoting drug Modafinil has been used for treatment of sleep disorders, such as Narcolepsy, excessive daytime sleepiness and sleep apnea, due to its stimulant action. Despite the known effect of Modafinil on brain ...
Efeitos da quarentena durante a pandemia de COVID-19 no padrão do sono em uma população com narcolepsia
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo, 2021-09-10)
Study Objectives: To the best of our knowledge, there has not as yet been any study on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with narcolepsy; in particular in relation to its impact on sleep schedules, symptoms, ...
Is narcolepsy a classical autoimmune disease?
Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness. It is caused by the loss of orexin producing neurons in the lateral hypothalamus. Current evidences suggest an autoimmune mediated process ...
Narcolepsia, una puesta a punto. Acercamiento de la patología para médicos generales
(Udelar.FM, 2016)
En este trabajo se pretende hacer una actualización sobre la narcolepsia, que a pesar de ser una enfermedad neurológica prevalente, es poco conocida en el saber médico general. Esta patología consiste en un trastorno en ...