title: Sleep disordered breathing during REM sleep in Freeman-Sheldon syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the sleep-disordered breathing in patients with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome (FSS).
  
  
  METHODS
  One night polysomnography was performed for 2 teenage FSS patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  They showed frequent obstructive sleep apnea exclusively during rapid-eye-movement sleep.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FSS is a risk factor for the occurrence of sleep disordered breathing.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan. jkohyama.ped@tmd.ac.jp
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Kohyama
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Shiiki
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013577:Syndrome