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Clinical Reasoning: A 45-year-old man with progressive insomnia and psychiatric and motor symptoms

Year: 2020

Type: article

Study design: Case Report

Abstract: A 45-year-old right-handed hypertensive man presented with a 6-month history of worsening neuropsychiatric symptoms, abnormal movements, and weight loss. He was hallucinating, apathetic, and having severe insomnia (total sleep duration of 1–2 hours/night). During sleep, his wife noted labored and sonorous breathing. Six months before admission, he led a healthy and active lifestyle.

Source: Neurology

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000009098

Authors: José Eduardo E. Lima, Teddy S. Youn, Christopher Robinson, Emily J. Gilmore, Matthew Schrag, Sirisha Sanamandra, Carolina B. Maciel

Institutions: UF Health Shands Hospital, Universidade de São Paulo, Vanderbilt University, Yale University, University of Florida, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Medical Case Reports and Studies

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Awards: G1044130170, University of Florida Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC), Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award

OpenAlex ID: W3008191069

FWCI: 0.41

Cites: 11

Cited by: 2

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