Polysomnographic Abnormalities in Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase (SSADH) Deficiency
Author(s) -
Phillip L. Pearl,
Sadat Shamim,
William H. Theodore,
K. Michael Gibson,
K. Forester,
Susan Combs,
Daniel Lewin,
Irene Dustin,
Patricia ReevesTyer,
Cornelis Jakobs,
Susumu Satō
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/32.12.1645
Subject(s) - polysomnography , multiple sleep latency test , medicine , sleep (system call) , endocrinology , anesthesia , insomnia , sleep disorder , apnea , excessive daytime sleepiness , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Patients with SSADH deficiency, a disorder of chronically elevated endogenous GABA and GHB, were studied for sleep symptoms and polysomnography. We hypothesized that patients would have excessive daytime somnolence and decreased REM sleep.
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