| Preferred Name |
Narcolepsy |
| Definitions |
There are two distinct groups of patients with narcolepsy, ie, those having narcolepsy with cataplexy and those having narcolepsy without cataplexy. An abnormal phenomenon characterized by a classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness with irresistible sleep attacks, cataplexy (sudden bilateral loss of muscle tone), hypnagogic hallucination, and sleep paralysis. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0030050 |
| comment |
There are two distinct groups of patients with narcolepsy, ie, those having narcolepsy with cataplexy and those having narcolepsy without cataplexy. |
| database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT_US:60380001 UMLS:C0027404 MSH:D009290 |
| definition |
An abnormal phenomenon characterized by a classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness with irresistible sleep attacks, cataplexy (sudden bilateral loss of muscle tone), hypnagogic hallucination, and sleep paralysis. |
| has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
| id |
HP:0030050 |
| label |
Narcolepsy |
| notation |
HP:0030050 |
| prefLabel |
Narcolepsy |
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| subClassOf |