REM behavior disorder and excessive daytime somnolence in Machado-Joseph disease (SCA-3).
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.
Friedman
Joseph H
JH
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02860, USA. joseph_friedman@mhri.org
Fernandez
Hubert H
HH
Sudarsky
Lewis R
LR
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017827:Machado-Joseph Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*; D013009:Somnambulism; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires