Hypersomnia due to bilateral thalamic lesions: unexpected response to Modafinil

I. Zavalko, C. L. Bassetti, A. Cianfoni, J. Carugati, S. Fulda and M. Manconi Sleep and Epilepsy Center, Civic Hospital(EOC), Lugano, Switzerland University Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland Neuroradiology, Neurocenter of the Southern Switzerland, Civic Hospital (EOC), Lugano, Switzerland; and Neuroradiology Section, Radiology Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

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