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Mental Disorders > Sleep Wake Disorders > Dyssomnias > Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic > Disorders of Excessive Somnolence

Preferred term

Disorders of Excessive Somnolence  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • DOES (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence)
  • DOESs (Disorders of Excessive Somnolence)
  • Excessive Somnolence Disorders
  • Hypersomnolence Disorder
  • Hypersomnolence Disorders

Scope note

  • Disorders characterized by hypersomnolence during normal waking hours that may impair cognitive functioning. Subtypes include primary hypersomnia disorders (e.g., IDIOPATHIC HYPERSOMNOLENCE; NARCOLEPSY; and KLEINE-LEVIN SYNDROME) and secondary hypersomnia disorders where excessive somnolence can be attributed to a known cause (e.g., drug affect, MENTAL DISORDERS, and SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME). (From J Neurol Sci 1998 Jan 8;153(2):192-202; Thorpy, Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 2nd ed, p320)

History note

  • 2000(1975)

In other languages

  • uneliaisuushäiriöt

    Finnish

  • hypersomni (överdriven sömnighet)
  • hypersomnia
  • liikaunisuus
  • liikaunisuutta aiheuttava häiriö
  • perturbationes somnolentiae nimiae
  • somnolenssi
  • somnolentia
  • tokkuraisuus
  • uneliaisuus
  • uneliaisuushäiriö
  • vireystilan häiriö
  • vireystilan häiriöt
  • Onormalt stort sömnbehov

    Swedish

  • Hypersomni
  • Hypersomnolens
  • Sjukligt sömnbehov
  • Återkommande hypersomni

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006970

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