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Abstract
A broad category of sleep disorders characterized by either hypersomnolence or insomnia. The three major subcategories include intrinsic (i.e., arising from within the body) (SLEEP DISORDERS, INTRINSIC), extrinsic (secondary to environmental conditions or various pathologic conditions), and disturbances of circadian rhythm. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p187)
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- Dyssomnia
- Adjustment Sleep Disorder
- Environmental Sleep Disorder
- Limit-Setting Sleep Disorder
- Nocturnal Eating-Drinking Syndrome
- Sleep Disorder, Adjustment
- Sleep Disorder, Environmental
- Sleep Disorder, Limit-Setting
- Sleep Disorders, Extrinsic
- Adjustment Sleep Disorders
- Eating-Drinking Syndrome, Nocturnal
- Eating-Drinking Syndromes, Nocturnal
- Environmental Sleep Disorders
- Extrinsic Sleep Disorder
- Extrinsic Sleep Disorders
- Limit Setting Sleep Disorder
- Limit-Setting Sleep Disorders
- Nocturnal Eating Drinking Syndrome
- Nocturnal Eating-Drinking Syndromes
- Sleep Disorder, Extrinsic
- Sleep Disorder, Limit Setting
- Sleep Disorders, Adjustment
- Sleep Disorders, Environmental
- Sleep Disorders, Limit-Setting
- Syndrome, Nocturnal Eating-Drinking
- Syndromes, Nocturnal Eating-Drinking
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2000
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- Circadian Rhythm (1966-1999)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Dyssomnias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020920. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020920
- Dyssomnias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyssomnia
- Dyssomnias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559435