xx pages, pages [179]-398 : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Sleep medicine clinics, v. 7, no. 2.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Preface: Hypersomnia / Alon Y. Avidan --;Neurophysiology and neurochemistry of hypersomnia / Ronald Szymusiak and Irma Gvilia --;Differential diagnosis of hypersomnias / Imran Ahmed, Shelby Harris, and Michael Thorpy --;Physical examination of the patient with hypersomnia / Douglas B. Kirsch and Maryann C. Deak --;Objective and subjective measurement of excessive sleepiness / Neil Freedman --;Neurochemistry and biomarkers of narcolepsy and other primary and secondary hypersomnias / Seiji Nishino, Carl Deguzman, Wataru Yamadera, Shintaro Chiba, and Takashi Kanbayashi --;Primary and secondary neurogenic hypersomnias / Claudio L. Bassetti --;Narcolepsy / Sebastiaan Overeem, Paul Reading, and Claudio L. Bassetti --;Idiopathic hypersomnia / Tony J. Masri, Carmella G. Gonzales, and Clete A. Kushida --;Comorbidities of central nervous system hypersomnia / Alon Y. Avidan --;Kleine-Levin syndrome / Michel Billiard --;Behaviorally induced insufficient sleep / Christer Hublin and Mikael Sallinen --;Behavioral management of hypersomnia / Deirdre A. Conroy, Danielle M. Novick, and Leslie M. Swanson --;Pharmacotherapy of excessive sleepiness / Thomas Roth --;Quality of life in narcolepsy / Meeta Goswami --;Inappropriate situational sleepiness and the law / Peter R. Buchanan, Arlie Loughnan, and Ronald R. Grunstein --;Hypersomnia in older patients / Marcia E. Braun, Pamela Cines, and Nalaka S. Gooneratne --;Hypersomnia in children / Suresh Kotagal.