Abstract
For over 40 years, a 55-year-old woman had suffered from cataplexy, which had been mistakenly identified as hysteria. Sleepiness, hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep-onset paralysis were not present. This is the longest duration of isolated cataplexy reported so far.
MeSH terms
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Cataplexy / diagnosis*
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Cataplexy / drug therapy
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Cataplexy / physiopathology
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Cerebral Cortex / drug effects
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Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
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Electroencephalography / drug effects
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Female
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Humans
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Laughter / physiology
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Methylphenidate / therapeutic use
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Middle Aged
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Reflex, Startle / physiology
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Sleep Stages / drug effects
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Sleep Stages / physiology