"I feel my arm shaking": partial cataplexy mistaken for drug-resistant focal epilepsy

Sleep Med. 2017 Aug:36:119-121. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2017.05.003. Epub 2017 May 22.
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Keywords: Atonia; EEG; Focal epilepsy; Narcolepsy; Partial cataplexy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Arm*
  • Cataplexy / diagnosis*
  • Cataplexy / drug therapy
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Drug Resistant Epilepsy / diagnosis*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Modafinil / therapeutic use
  • Polysomnography
  • Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Stress, Psychological
  • Venlafaxine Hydrochloride / therapeutic use
  • Wakefulness-Promoting Agents / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Serotonin and Noradrenaline Reuptake Inhibitors
  • Wakefulness-Promoting Agents
  • Venlafaxine Hydrochloride
  • Modafinil