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Correlates of sleep-onset REM periods during the Multiple Sleep Latency Test in community adults.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jun 2006
Mignot Emmanuel, Lin Ling, Finn Laurel, Lopes Cecilia, Pluff Kathryn, Sundstrom Mary L, Young Terry
Abstract excerpt
The diagnosis of narcolepsy without documented cataplexy is based on the observation of two or more sleep-onset REM periods (SOREMPs) during the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). We report on the prevalence and correlates of SOREMPs in the community-based Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study. MSLTs were conducted following nocturnal polysomnography (NPSG) and daily sleep diaries in 289 males and 267 females (age 35-70,...
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