title: Periodic limb movement during sleep developed after pontine lesion.
abstract: We describe 2 patients who suffered a pontine infarction and subsequently developed periodic leg movement (PLM). The temporal relationship between a stroke and subsequent PLM, as well as the absence of sleep-related disorders in patients' histories, favors the argument of a cause-and-effect relationship, with the observed association providing evidence for an anatomic substrate for PLM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Joong-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang-Bong
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soung-Kyeong
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Si-Ryung
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yeong-In
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kwang-Soo
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020189:Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014743:Videotape Recording