Sleep disturbance in spinocerebellar ataxias: is the SCA3 mutation a cause of restless legs syndrome?

doi:10.1212/wnl.51.6.1603

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Sleep disturbance in spinocerebellar ataxias: is the SCA3 mutation a cause of restless legs syndrome?

Neurology - 1 Dec 1998

Schöls L, Haan J, Riess O, Amoiridis G, Przuntek H

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OBJECTIVE: To identify and to characterize sleep disturbances in patients with hereditary ataxias. BACKGROUND: We observed restless legs syndrome (RLS) and impaired sleep as a frequent yet unrecognized symptom in spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3). METHODS: A total of 89 patients with genetical...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Dopamine Agents
Electrophysiology
Female
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Levodopa
Machado-Joseph Disease
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation
Polysomnography
Restless Legs Syndrome
Sleep Wake Disorders

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