List of cases by aetiological mechanisms
Case numbers are in italics
age, 1
alcohol abuse, 15
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), 4
anaesthesia problems, 5, 8
anatomical problems, 1, 3, 6, 16, 25, 33
anxiety, 48
body clock problems, 55
cardiovascular conditions, 13, 17, 18, 20, 23
cerebrovascular stroke, 11
chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), 12, 24
Coffin Lowry syndrome, 38
coronary artery disease, 18
craniofacial skeletal abnormalities, 1, 3, 16, 25
craniopharyngioma, 11
Cushing’s syndrome, 10
cystic fibrosis, 29
dementia, 22
diabetes insipidus, 11
diabetes mellitus, 7, 17
diaphragm weakness, 14
Duchenne muscular dystrophy, 4
encephalitis, 38
endocrine problems, 10
epilepsy, 41
fascioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD), 4, 25
gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), 34
gender, 1, 2
growth hormone, 16
head trauma, 38
heart failure, 23
Huntington’s disease, 36
hypermotor phenomena, 40
hypersomnia, recurrent, 43
hypnotic addiction, 53, 54
hypothalamus disorders, 18
hypothyroidism, 10
inspiratory muscle weakness, 14
Kartagener’s syndrome, 29
laryngo-pharyngoreflux (LPR), 34
Lewy body dementia, 36
lifestyle problems, 10, 13, 15, 52
lymphoid hyperplasia, 34
micrognathia, 1, 3
Möbius syndrome, 38
motor neurone disease, 4
multisystem atrophy, 36
myasthenia gravis, 4
myotonic dystrophy, 4
narcolepsy, 11, 22, 36
neurological disease, 4, 18, 36
neuromuscular conditions, 4
Niemann–Pick disease, 38
nocturnal epilepsy, 41
Norrie disease, 38
occlusal changes, 27
oral cavity size, 1
palate size, 3
Parkinson’s disease, 22, 36
pituitary tumours, 16
pneumonia, 34
Prader–Willi syndrome, 38
prion diseases, 36
respiration problems, 12, 14, 24
retrognathia, 1, 3
seizures, 40
sleep cycle, 49
sleep deprivation, 51
sleep drunkenness, 39
smoking, 13, 15
surgical side-effects, 8, 16
syringomyelia, 4
teeth problems, 25
temporomandibular joints (TMJ), 25, 27
thyroid disease, 14, 15
tongue size, 3
tumours, 11, 38
vascular lesions, 38