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Parasomnias

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Definition: Movements or behaviors associated with sleep, sleep stages, or partial arousals from sleep that may impair sleep maintenance. Parasomnias are generally divided into four groups: arousal disorders, sleep-wake transition disorders, parasomnias of REM sleep, and nonspecific parasomnias. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p191)  do not confuse x-ref BENIGN NEONATAL SLEEP MYOCLONUS with MYOCLONUS, NOCTURNAL and MYOCLONUS, SLEEP see MYOCLONUS   
Examples Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome; Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia; REM Sleep Parasomnias; Restless Legs Syndrome; Sleep Arousal Disorders; Sleep Bruxism; Sleep-Wake Transition Disorders 		Other names Sleep Sensory Paroxysms; Sleep Sensory Paroxysm; Sleep Related Abnormal Swallowing Syndrome; Sleep Drunkennesses; Sensory Paroxysm, Sleep; Paroxysms, Sleep Sensory; Paroxysm, Sleep Sensory; Parasomnia; Drunkennesses, Sleep; Sleep-Related Abnormal Swallowing Syndrome; Drunkenness, Sleep; Sensory Paroxysms, Sleep; Myoclonus, Benign Neonatal Sleep; Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus; Sleep Drunkenness; Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus, Benign

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