Sleep Disorders (definition)

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Definition: Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: DYSSOMNIAS (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), PARASOMNIAS (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)

Examples Dyssomnias; Parasomnias

Other names Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic; Syndromes, Subwakefullness; Syndromes, Short Sleeper; Syndromes, Long Sleeper; Syndrome, Subwakefullness; Syndrome, Short Sleeper; Syndrome, Long Sleeper; Subwakefullness Syndromes; Sleeper Syndromes, Short; Sleeper Syndromes, Long; Sleeper Syndrome, Short; Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas; Sleeper Syndrome, Long; Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea; Short Sleeper Syndromes; Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related; Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related; Long Sleeper Syndromes; Subwakefullness Syndrome

Substance	CAS Registry & name	Categories	Source
Autosomal dominant partial epilepsy with auditory features	0	Sleep Disorders Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe.

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Sources: NLM Medical Subject Headings, NIH UMLS, Drugs@FDA, FDA AERS original data copyright United States Government. No endorsement implied. Last modified 6/6/2012
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