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Sleep time and SOREMPs features support idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy type 2 as a single disease entity.

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Recent peer-reviewed research on Idiopathic hypersomnia that may be relevant for patients and caregivers.

Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) and narcolepsy type 2 (NT2) are rare hypersomnolence disorders with unknown pathophysiology. Recent evidence suggests they may belong to the same spectrum. This study compared objective sleep duration and REM sleep features, including sleep-onset REM periods (SOREMPs), du...

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