REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease: A case from India confirmed with polysomnographic data
1Departments of Psychiatry, Division of Sleep Medicine, LDS Hospital, 8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
2Departments of Neurology, Division of Sleep Medicine, LDS Hospital, 8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
3Departments of Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
4Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, LDS Hospital, 8th Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Ravi Gupta
Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences
Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
India
sleepdoc.ravi@gmail.com
Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder is a condition characterized by dream enactment. This condition may accompany neurodegenerative disorders. However, only a few reports from India are available, that too, without any polysomnographic evidence. We are reporting a case of REM sleep behavior disorder with polysomnographic evidence.
Keywords
Parkinson’s diasease
polysomnography
REM sleep behavior disorder
Conflict of Interest
None declared
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