REM behavior disorder and excessive daytime somnolence in MachadoJoseph disease (SCA-3).
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Joseph H. Friedman; Hubert H. Fernandez; Lewis R. Sudarsky
- Source
- Movement Disorders. Dec2003, Vol. 18 Issue 12, p1520-1522. 3p.
- Subject
- *SLEEP disorders
*RAPID eye movement sleep
*EYE movements
*MOVEMENT disorders
- Language
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]