A collaborative study suggests that 52.4 per cent of patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder develop a neurodegenerative disease within 12 years following their initial diagnosis.
A collaborative study suggests that 52.4 per cent of patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder develop a neurodegenerative disease within 12 years following their initial diagnosis.
Led by researchers from the Research Institute of the MUHC, the Universite de Montreal and the Hopital du Sacre-Cur de Montreal, the study showed that the chance that a a patient with an REM sleep behaviour disorder would develop a neurodegenerative disease was 17.7 per cent within five years of diagnosis.
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Sleep disorders can either be having difficulty in getting sleep or dozing off at inappropriate time.
Sleep disorders can either be having difficulty in getting sleep or dozing off at inappropriate time.
"These results establish a clear link and indicate that these sleep disorders could be a predictor of neurodegenerative disease," said Dr. Ronald Postuma, of the Research Institute of the MUHC.
The study involved 93 patients, who were recruited and assessed at the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal by Dr Jacques Montplaisir.
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The researchers highlight the fact that the existing treatments, though effective against REM sleep behaviour, do not postpone the onset of neurodegenerative disease.
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