Open AccessCentral disorders of hypersomnolence in children and adults: A comparative study from South India
Author(s) -
Madhukar H. Trivedi,
Sapna Erat Sreedharan,
Sha. Nair,
C A Anees,
Janardhanan P. Unnikrishnan,
P. Sankara Sarma,
Ashalatha Radhakrishnan
Publication year - 2019
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/aian.aian_293_18
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , medicine , cohort , pediatrics , excessive daytime sleepiness , cataplexy , insomnia , sleep disorder , psychiatry , neurology
Narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnolence (IHS) are rare disorders. In Western populations, the reported prevalence of narcolepsy is 0.02%-0.05%. In Indian subcontinent, there are few reports on narcolepsy and none on IHS so far. Here, we compared the clinical and polysomnographic profile of narcolepsy/IHS among the pediatric and adult groups.