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REM behavior disorder and excessive daytime somnolence in Machado–Joseph disease (SCA-3)

✍ Scribed by Joseph H. Friedman; Hubert H. Fernandez; Lewis R. Sudarsky

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
56 KB
Volume
18
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

We reported previously that behavior suggestive of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) was markedly increased in a small population of SCA‐3 patients. We, therefore, asked patients and nonpatient attendees at an SCA‐3 annual clinic to complete a questionnaire soliciting RBD‐like behavior. Our results support the previous observation that RBD‐like behaviors are significantly increased in SCA‐3. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society

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