A rare differential diagnosis of excessive daytime sleepiness - Artery of Percheron territory infarct

Stroke is an example of neurological diseases that can commonly drives Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS). Extensive strokes with brain edema can leave a brain herniation and coma. Other causes of EDS after stroke are strategic lesions at Thalamus and brainstein. A 56-year-old man, right handed, wit...

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Main Authors: Giuliano da Paz Oliveira, Giselle Truzzi, Fernando Cascio Barros Lima, Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Series:Sleep Science
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Online Access:http://sleepscience.org.br/export-pdf/415/v11n1a06.pdf