Quantifying the risk of neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder

Ronald B. Postuma; Jean Gagnon; M. Vendette; Maria Livia Fantini; J. Massicotte-Marquez; Jacques Montplaisir

doi:10.1212/01.wnl.0000340980.19702.6e

Abstract

Although we have found a slightly lower risk than other reports, the risk of developing neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder is substantial, with the majority of patients developing Parkinson disease and Lewy body dementia.

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REM sleep behavior disorderDementiaDementia with Lewy bodiesParkinsonismMedicineDiseaseLewy bodyPediatricsNeurodegenerationAtrophyParkinson's diseasePsychiatryInternal medicine

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Year: 2008
Type: article
Volume: 72
Issue: 15
Pages: 1296-1300
Citations: 752
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                                    Ronald B. Postuma, 
                                
                                    Jean Gagnon, 
                                
                                    M. Vendette
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2008). 
                            Quantifying the risk of neurodegenerative disease in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. 
                            Neurology
                            , 72
                            (15)
                            , 1296-1300.
                            https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000340980.19702.6e
                        

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DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000340980.19702.6e