Shy-Drager syndrome: a case report with polysomnography.
The authors report a case of Shy-Drager syndrome in a 53 year-old male patient. Autonomic failure was made evident by physical examination as well as laboratory tests. A sleep recording showed decreased percentage of REM sleep and apneas of the central type. The possible mechanisms for this sleep disorder are discussed.
Alóe
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Divisão de Neurologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HCFMUSP), Brasil.
Marchiori
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Reimão
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Scaff
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012791:Shy-Drager Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM