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REM behavior disorder and excessive daytime somnolence in Machado–Joseph disease (SCA‐3)
Author(s) -
Friedman Joseph H.,
Fernandez Hubert H.,
Sudarsky Lewis R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.10590
Subject(s) - somnolence , machado–joseph disease , daytime , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , audiology , adverse effect , physics , ataxia , spinocerebellar ataxia , atmospheric sciences
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. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society