Sleep Breath 2003; 07(3): 147-150
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43076
CASE REPORT

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Multiple Sleep Latency Test by Polysomnography: A Case Report

Robert Daniel Vorona1,4 , J. Catesby Ware1,2,3,4
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 2Department of Psychiatry, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 3Department of Otolaryngology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 4Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Sleep Disorders Center, Norfolk, Virginia
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Publikationsdatum:
21. Oktober 2003 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome may disguise the presence of other less common but equally important etiologies of sleepiness in patients presenting to sleep disorder specialists. In this case report the authors detail how multiple polysomnograms performed over 6 years eventually suggested that a patient had both obstructive sleep apnea and narcolepsy.

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