"Sleep Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D012893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.886 C23.888.592.796 F03.870
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| Concept/Terms |
Subwakefullness Syndrome- Subwakefullness Syndrome
- Subwakefullness Syndromes
- Syndrome, Subwakefullness
- Syndromes, Subwakefullness
Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea- Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypnea
- Neurogenic Tachypnea, Sleep-Related
- Neurogenic Tachypneas, Sleep-Related
- Sleep Related Neurogenic Tachypnea
- Sleep-Related Neurogenic Tachypneas
- Tachypnea, Sleep-Related Neurogenic
- Tachypneas, Sleep-Related Neurogenic
Long Sleeper Syndrome- Long Sleeper Syndrome
- Long Sleeper Syndromes
- Syndrome, Long Sleeper
- Syndromes, Long Sleeper
Short Sleeper Syndrome- Short Sleeper Syndrome
- Short Sleeper Syndromes
- Syndrome, Short Sleeper
- Syndromes, Short Sleeper
- Short Sleep Phenotype
- Phenotype, Short Sleep
- Phenotypes, Short Sleep
- Short Sleep Phenotypes
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