Open AccessDiagnosis and management of narcolepsy in the Indian scenario
Author(s) -
Sachin Sureshbabu,
Abdul Muniem,
Manvir Bhatia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.194421
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , medicine , modafinil , context (archaeology) , cataplexy , pediatrics , excessive daytime sleepiness , psychological intervention , medical record , physical therapy , psychiatry , sleep disorder , insomnia , paleontology , biology
The diagnosis and management of narcolepsy in the Indian context needs to be revisited especially in the wake of concerns raised by sleep medicine experts that the entity could be formidably underdiagnosed, as well as undertreated in our setting.