multiple sleep latency test

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multiple sleep latency test [¦məl·tə·pəl ′slēp ‚lāt·ən·sē ‚test]

(medicine)

A test used to document pathologic sleepiness and diagnose narcolepsy in which recordings of brain waves, muscle activities, and eye movements are taken while a person spends the day in a sleep laboratory, taking naps at intervals.

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No references found			Multiple sleep latency test measures how long it takes for you to fall asleep during the day. When you are SLEEPY all the time by Mail Today (New Delhi, India) In this regard, Mitler, et al, concluded that two or more sleep onset REM periods in the Multiple Sleep Latency Test results could be a crucial factor in establishing a narcolepsy diagnosis. Tiredness versus sleepiness by Dement, William C. / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine With people with Narcolepsy, MSLT or Multiple Sleep Latency Tests can de done to measure the number of times the patient was able to fall fast asleep and how frequently they experienced REM sleep. Diagnoses of Sleep Disorder by Gary M. Miller / Health care industry community			multiple openings multiple personality multiple perspective software development multiple piece rate plan multiple platforms multiple point multiple precision arithmetic multiple pregnancy Multiple Pregnancy in Agricultural Animals Multiple Pregnancy in Humans multiple prime contract Multiple Processes multiple programming Multiple Proportions, Law of multiple reflection multiple reflection echoes multiple resonance Multiple Root multiple sampling multiple scattering Multiple Sclerosis multiple series multiple serositis multiple shooting multiple single-level multiple sleep latency test multiple spot welding Multiple Star multiple stratification multiple switchboard multiple target generator multiple tropopause multiple twin quad Multiple Units multiple value Multiple Virtual Storage multiple winding multiple x-y recorder multiple zone multiple zone recording multiple-access computer multiple-access network multiple-access service multiple-activity process chart multiple-address code multiple-address computer multiple-address instruction multiple-anomaly syndrome multiple-arch dam multiple-beam antenna multiple-beam interference			Multiple Shades of You multiple shooting multiple shop multiple shop multiple shop multiple shop multiple shop multiple shops multiple shops multiple shops multiple shops multiple shops Multiple Shots on Goal Multiple Sidelobe Canceller Multiple Signal Characterization Multiple signal classification Multiple Simulation Exercise Multiple Simulation Training Facility Multiple Simultaneous Engagements Multiple Simultaneous Percutaneous Needle Biopsy Multiple Simultaneous Radio Frequency Multiple Single Document Interface Multiple Single Levels of Security Multiple Single-Instruction Multiple-Data Multiple Single-Level Multiple Single-Level Multiple Site Damage Multiple Site Optical Recording of Transmembrane Voltage Multiple Size Poker Chip Tool Multiple Sklerose Therapie Konsensus Gruppe multiple sleep latency test Multiple Small Units Multiple SNP Query Tool multiple socket Multiple Source Correlator Tracker Multiple Source Simple Output Multiple Space-Mapping Multiple Space-Mapping for Device Responses Multiple Space-Mapping for Frequency Intervals Multiple Spacecraft Per Aperture Multiple Spanning Tree Multiple Spanning Tree Groups Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Multiple Spanning-Tree Multiple Species Conservation Program Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Multiple Spin Density Wave Multiple Spin Echoes Multiple Spin-Echo Imaging multiple spot welding Multiple Square Latin Square Design Multiple Square Wave Voltammetry Multiple Stable Equilibria Multiple Stage Vector Quantization multiple stain

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