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<neurology> A disorder of sleep associated with excessive daytime sleepiness, involuntary daytime sleep episodes, disturbed nocturnal sleep and cataplexy.
Narcolepsy affects over 100,000 people in the United States and appears to have a genetic basis.
Symptoms usually begin in the patients twenties. Treatment often includes the use of amphetamines and-or tricyclic antidepressants.
(27 Sep 1997)
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