Polysomnographic Findings in A Late Onset Wilson’s Disease Patient

Polysomnographic Findings in A Late Onset Wilson’s Disease Patient

Scientific BACKGROUND: Wilson’s disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive degenerative disorder of copper metabolism. As a degenerative disease affecting many parts of CNS, WD has the potential to disrupt sleep regulatory mechanisms and to cause sleep disturbances like other neurodegenerative dis...

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Main Authors: Barış Metin, Melih Tütüncü, Derya Kaynak, Hakan Kaynak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2007-04-01
Series:Türk Nöroloji Dergisi
Subjects:
WD has the potential to disrupt sleep regulatory mechanisms and to cause sleep disturbances like other neurodegenerative diseases. Sleep in WD has not been extensively studied before. OBJECTIVES: A late onset WD patient who applied to our out-patient clinic for sleep related problems has been extensively evaluated with clinical and laboratory measures. MATERIALS-METHODS: We performed three polysomnographic evaluations
one followed by continuous daytime recording. RESULTS: We diagnosed various abnormalities including breathing
Wilson’s disase
sleep
polysomnography
Online Access:https://www.journalagent.com/tjn/pdfs/TJN_13_2_127_130.pdf

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