Parasomnias

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  • Sign or Symptom
  • Disease or Syndrome
  • Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Definition:
Movements or behaviors associated with sleep, sleep stages, or partial arousals from sleep that may impair sleep maintenance. Parasomnias are generally divided into four groups: arousal disorders, sleep-wake transition disorders, parasomnias of rem sleep, and nonspecific parasomnias. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p191)
Synonyms:
  • Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus
  • Drunkenness, Sleep
  • Drunkennesses, Sleep
  • Myoclonus, Benign Neonatal Sleep
  • Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus, Benign
  • Parasomnia
  • Paroxysm, Sleep Sensory
  • Paroxysms, Sleep Sensory
  • Sensory Paroxysm, Sleep
  • Sensory Paroxysms, Sleep
  • Sleep Drunkenness
  • Sleep Drunkennesses
  • Sleep Related Abnormal Swallowing Syndrome
  • Sleep Sensory Paroxysm
  • Sleep Sensory Paroxysms
  • Sleep-Related Abnormal Swallowing Syndrome
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