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Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder with prominent sleep attacks as a form of excessive daytime somnolence. The other associated features of narcolepsy occur with varying frequency. These include cataplexy, hypnagogic and hypnopompic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis.
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(2006). Sleep Disorders. In: Lerner, A.J. (eds) Diagnostic Criteria in Neurology. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-078-2_14
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