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Polysomnographic phenotype of isolated REM sleep without atonia.
Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Oct 2020
Dijkstra Femke, Viaene Mineke, De Volder Ilse, Fransen Erik, Cras Patrick, Crosiers David
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Isolated REM sleep without atonia (iRSWA) is regarded as a prodromal phase of REM sleep behavior disorder and synucleinopathies. In iRSWA patients, we investigated the polysomnographic characteristics that are known to be altered in (prodromal) Parkinson's disease (PD): periodic limb movements of sleep [PLMS] (increased), REM density (reduced), and heart rate variability ([HRV] (reduced). METHODS: We...
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