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Primary Hypersomnia

Known as: Idiopathic Hypersomnia 
A disorder of central nervous system etiology characterized by excessive sleepiness during the daytime.
National Institutes of Health

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Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceHypersomnia
Hypersomnolence, IdiopathicSleep Disorders

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Review
2015
Review
2015
Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence: Focus on the Narcolepsies and Idiopathic Hypersomnia.
The central disorders of hypersomnolence are characterized by severe daytime sleepiness, which is present despite normal quality… 
2012
2012
Differences in findings of nocturnal polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test between narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Benefit and risk of modafinil in idiopathic hypersomnia vs. narcolepsy with cataplexy.
2009
2009
Successful treatment with levothyroxine for idiopathic hypersomnia patients with subclinical hypothyroidism.
Review
2007
Review
2007
Diagnosis of narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. An update based on the International classification of sleep disorders, 2nd edition.
2006
2006
Hypersomnia in association with dysthymia in comparison with idiopathic hypersomnia and normal controls
Polysomnographic studies in hypersomniac patients with mood disorders are rare. Previous studies investigated patients with a… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Differences in Nocturnal and Daytime Sleep Between Primary and Psychiatric Hypersomnia: Diagnostic and Treatment Implications
Objective: The differential diagnosis of primary (idiopathic) vs. psychiatric hypersomnia is challenging because of the lack of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Homeostatic sleep regulation in patients with idiopathic hypersomnia
1996
1996
A comparison of idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy-cataplexy using self report measures and sleep diary data.
Eighteen patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) were compared with 50 patients with the narcoleptic syndrome of cataplexy and… 
1995
1995
P300 Latency: Abnormal in Sleep Apnea with Somnolence and Idiopathic Hypersomnia, but Normal in Narcolepsy
To evaluate cognitive abnormalities in excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) using cognitive evoked potentials (P300), and to… 
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