Sleep Disorders

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  • Disease or Syndrome
  • Medical Device
  • Sign or Symptom
Definition:
Conditions characterized by disturbances of usual sleep patterns or behaviors. Sleep disorders may be divided into three major categories: dyssomnias (i.e. disorders characterized by insomnia or hypersomnia), parasomnias (abnormal sleep behaviors), and sleep disorders secondary to medical or psychiatric disorders. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)
Synonyms:
  • Long Sleeper Syndrome
  • Long Sleeper Syndromes
  • Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related
  • Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related
  • Short Sleeper Syndrome
  • Short Sleeper Syndromes
  • Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea
  • Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea
  • Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas
  • Sleeper Syndrome, Long
  • Sleeper Syndrome, Short
  • Sleeper Syndromes, Long
  • Sleeper Syndromes, Short
  • Subwakefullness Syndrome
  • Subwakefullness Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Long Sleeper
  • Syndrome, Short Sleeper
  • Syndrome, Subwakefullness
  • Syndromes, Long Sleeper
  • Syndromes, Short Sleeper
  • Syndromes, Subwakefullness
  • Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic
  • Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic
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