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Spectrum of Narcolepsy

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The debate about the borderland of narcolepsy and the existence of different forms of narcolepsy started early after the description of the disease and lasts until today.

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Bassetti, C.L. (2011). Spectrum of Narcolepsy. In: Baumann, C., Bassetti, C., Scammell, T. (eds) Narcolepsy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8390-9_29

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