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What Are Sleep Disorders? Define the Different Categories of Sleep

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What are sleep disorders? Define the different categories of sleep disorders.List the disorders within each category.


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Intrathecal Space

The fluid-filled area surrounding the brain and spinal cord, specifically within the layers of the meninges, where procedures like spinal taps are conducted.

Anticonvulsant Medications

Drugs used to prevent or reduce the frequency and severity of seizures in people with epilepsy or other seizure disorders.

Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease

A genetic disorder affecting the motor neurons, leading to severe muscle weakness from early infancy.

Spinal Muscular Atrophy

A genetic disorder characterized by weakness and wasting (atrophy) in muscles used for movement due to loss of motor neurons.

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