Observations on sleep-disordered breathing in idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

BACKGROUND: This study has two main goals: 1.) to determine the potential influence of dopaminergic drugs on sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in Parkinson's disease (PD) and 2.) to elucidate whether NREM and REM sleep differentially impact SDB severity in PD. METHODS: Retrospective clinical and...

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Main Authors: Philipp O Valko, Sabrina Hauser, Michael Sommerauer, Esther Werth, Christian R Baumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4072709?pdf=render