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Christian Sturzenegger
Publications - 5
Citations - 319
Christian Sturzenegger is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Narcolepsy & Polysomnography. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications receiving 277 citations.
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The clinical spectrum of narcolepsy with cataplexy: a reappraisal
TL;DR: Analysis of co‐occurring symptoms in patients with narcolepsy revealed two symptom complexes: EDS, cataplexy, automatic behaviors; and sleep paralysis, hallucinations, parasomnias, which supports the hypothesis of a distinct pathophysiology of singleNarcoleptic symptoms.
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The narcoleptic borderland: a multimodal diagnostic approach including cerebrospinal fluid levels of hypocretin-1 (orexin A)
Claudio L. Bassetti,Matthias Gugger,Matthias Bischof,Johannes Mathis,Christian Sturzenegger,Esther Werth,Bogdan Radanov,Beth Ripley,Seiji Nishino,Emmanuel Mignot +9 more
TL;DR: Hypocretin dysfunction is not the 'final common pathway' in the pathophysiology of most hypersomnolent syndromes that fall on the borderline for a diagnosis of narcolepsy, but a common hypothalamic, hypocretin-independent dysfunction may be present in some of these syndrome.
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Which diagnostic findings in disorders with excessive daytime sleepiness are really helpful? A retrospective study.
Ute Kretzschmar,Esther Werth,Christian Sturzenegger,Ramin Khatami,Claudio L. Bassetti,Christian R. Baumann +5 more
TL;DR: Diagnostic measures that help discriminating such disorders, and to identify parameters, which don't, are provided.
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Swiss Narcolepsy Scale: A Simple Screening Tool for Hypocretin-Deficient Narcolepsy with Cataplexy
Christian Sturzenegger,Christian R. Baumann,Gerd J Lammers,Ulf Kallweit,Wendy Lm van der Zande,Claudio L. Bassetti,Claudio L. Bassetti +6 more
TL;DR: The SNS is accurate and superior to the ESS and the UNS for the screening/diagnosis of NC and allows, in addition, the identification of hypocretin-1 deficient patients.