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Issue #6
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
CI (48.1-66.3%). Similar sensitivity and specificity values have been
found in children (author’s data pending publication). These findings
suggested that a nocturnal SOREMP may be a reliable clinical
biomarker unique to narcolepsy with cataplexy. In the setting of
clinical symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness and the finding
of a nocturnal SOREMP, further questioning regarding narcolepsy
symptoms using child appropriate language is suggested.
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Figure 1:
PSG done in August 2012
Figure 2a:
PSG done in April 2014
Figure 2b:
MSLT done in April 2014
