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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 genetically defined subtypes of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias were investigated for sleep history and neurologic...
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