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Latest Publications and Research on Periodic Limb Movement Disorder


J Clin Sleep Med   2020 Jan 13   

Sleep disorders in Wilson disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Xu J, Deng Q, Qin Q, Vgontzas AN, Basta M, Xie C, Li Y

Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of copper metabolism resulting in pathologic accumulation of copper in many organs an ... Read More

Source: PubMed
J Clin Sleep Med   2020 Jan 14   

High prevalence of periodic limb movements of sleep in children with Down syndrome.

Rosen D, Berbert L, Weller E

Increased periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS), >5/hour, present in 1.2-7.7% of healthy children, are associated with hypertension, attention defic ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Medicine (Baltimore)      

Association of periodic limb movements during sleep and Parkinson disease: A retrospective clinical study.

Hwang SR, Hwang SW, Chen JC, Hwang JH

Both of periodic limb movements during sleep (PLMS) and Parkinson disease (PD) were related with dopaminergic system dysfunction. We aimed to investig ... Read More

Source: PubMed
Med. Hypotheses      

Subjective and objective features of sleep disorders in patients with acute ischemic or haemorrhagic stroke: It is not only sleep apnoea which is important.

Pajediene E, Pajeda A, Urnieziute G, Paulekas E, Liesiene V, Bileviciute-Ljungar I, Jurkeviciene G, Rastenyte D, Petrikonis K

More than half of stroke patients present with a sleep-related breathing disorder including both central and obstructive forms of sleep apnoea. A cere ... Read More

Source: PubMed
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